SAFETY PRECAUTIONS and EXposure to BIohazards

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What are the Standard Precautions include?

Hand Washing, PPE (Gloves, Gowns/Lab coats, Masks/Goggles/Respirators, and Face Shields), and Careful use of Disposal of potentially contaminated wastes.

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These are worn to protect and prevent the AEROSOLS from entering the skin and MUCOUS MEMBRANES. what is this?

FACE SHIELDS

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GOWNS/LAB COATS

worn by healthcare professionals to avoid the soiling of the clothes; may attained from splashes, bodily fluids, and SPRAYS OF BLOOD. WHAT IS THIS PPE?

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What is the process that remove the contamination by destroying the ORGANISMS IN IT?

DECONTAMINATION

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What is the act of FREEING something from a PATHOGENIC organism or rendering them inert?

DISINFECTION

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A chemical agent that NEUTRALIZES and destroys the viruses.

VIRICIDAL

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A chemical agent that restrains the growth of bacteria as opposed to killing them completely.

ANTISEPTIC

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A CHEMICAL that is used to kill or destroy the bacterias.

BACTERICIDAL