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Blood for [[blood transfusion]] is screened for many blood-borne diseases. | Blood for [[blood transfusion]] is screened for many blood-borne diseases. | ||
Needle exchanges are an attempt to reduce the spread of blood-borne diseases in intravenous drug users. | |||
==Related Chapters== | ==Related Chapters== | ||
* [[Blood test]] | * [[Blood test]] | ||
* [[Needlestick injury]] | * [[Needlestick injury]] | ||
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* [http://www.epa.gov/oppad001/chemregindex.htm Selected EPA-registered Disinfectants - U.S. Environmental Protection Agency] | * [http://www.epa.gov/oppad001/chemregindex.htm Selected EPA-registered Disinfectants - U.S. Environmental Protection Agency] | ||
* [http://www.osha.gov/pls/oshaweb/owasrch.search_form?p_doc_type=PREAMBLES&p_toc_level=1&p_keyvalue=Bloodborne%7EPathogens OSHA Bloodborne Pathogen Standard (BBPS)] | * [http://www.osha.gov/pls/oshaweb/owasrch.search_form?p_doc_type=PREAMBLES&p_toc_level=1&p_keyvalue=Bloodborne%7EPathogens OSHA Bloodborne Pathogen Standard (BBPS)] | ||
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Latest revision as of 17:12, 18 September 2017
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
Overview
A blood-borne disease is one that can be spread by contamination by blood. The most common examples are HIV, hepatitis B, hepatitis C and viral haemorrhagic fevers.
Diseases that are not usually transmitted directly by blood contact, but rather by insect or other vector, are more usefully classified as vector-borne disease, even though the causative agent can be found in blood. Vector-borne diseases include West Nile virus and malaria.
Many blood-borne diseases can also be transmitted by other means.
Since it is difficult to determine what pathogens any given blood contains, and some blood-borne diseases are lethal, standard medical practice regards all blood (and any body fluid) as potentially infective. Blood and Body Fluid precautions are a type of infection control practice that seeks to minimize this sort of disease transmission.
Blood for blood transfusion is screened for many blood-borne diseases.
Needle exchanges are an attempt to reduce the spread of blood-borne diseases in intravenous drug users.
Related Chapters
External Links
- Selected EPA-registered Disinfectants - U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
- OSHA Bloodborne Pathogen Standard (BBPS)
- Bloodborne Pathogens and Needlestick Prevention, from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
- http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dhqp/bp.html