what is bloodborne pathogens?
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Any organism that can live in blood or be transmitted through blood which can cause disease or illness.
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You have to worry about infections whenever you draw blood.  So be careful to make sure the area you draw blood from is kept clean.
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Although tests for infectious diseases, blood donor screening, and autologous blood donations have made blood transfusions safer today than in the past, scientists say that new technologies hold the key to a completely safe blood supply in the future. Blood donor screening and blood tests have made infection by HIV and other viral diseases extremely rare, but infections still occur during the "window period" between infection and antibody production, which eludes current testing techniques. Patients can give their own blood--autologous donations--for elective surgery, but most people cannot take advantage of this procedure. As soon as blood-borne viruses such as HIV, hepatitis B, Epstein-Barr virus, and cytomegalovirus are elimated from the blood supply, another infectious agent will appear. Recombinant human erythropoietin eliminates the need for transfusions, but researchers are looking increasingly to blood filtering and washing techniques and blood substitutes such as recombinant human hemoglobin to ensure complete safety of the blood supply.yes you can through the ; window period;
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All these answers are incorrect except for one, I dont have this, but I know because my friend has it as well, you cannnt CANNOT get it from unsafe sex, not this hep, this hep is just BLOOD to BLOOD so needle sharing and etc. Thats it\nThanks hope this helps ask any doctor
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Not yet.\n\n\nI carry sanitizing wipes with me to use when I use a buggy in a store and use one again after leaving. You touch a lot of things when you shop.\n\nI wash my hands often and try to stay away from crowds of people.\n\nNot a fetish at all.\n\nMy mother was diagnosed three years ago with a disease of her blood called TTP. You can look it up just by typing in TTP. Doctors said chances were she caught it by dirty buggies in stores. Learned my lesson then. \n\nIt is not just the flu, it is any disease that is transmitted by others touching things. \n\nYou never know what people around you have or have had.
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USUALLY FOOD POISONING..WHICH CAN BE FROM SOMETHING YOU ATE ..IT CAN EFFECT YOU IN MINUTES OR DAYS FROM THE TIME COMSUMED..\n\nYOU CAN INFECTED YOURSELF WITH DIRTY HANDS ON YOUR FOOD,EATWARE,OR MOUTH..\n\nGET ON THE NET AND CHECK OUT NORWALK...\n\nMOST COMMON PLACE TO GET IT IS EATTING OUT...\nEVEN AT FAMILY  OR POT-LUCK GATHERING WHERE PEOPLE DO NOT WASH THIER HANDS WHILE HANDLING EATWARE OR FOOD....\n.\nSO DO YOUR PART EDUCATE PEOPLE TO WASH...\n\nFOR FUN...NOTE HOW MANY PEOPLE DO NOT WASH THIER HANDS IN PUBLIC BATH ROOMS... OH AND FOR A NOTE USE A PAPER TOWEL TO OPEN A PUBLIC BATHRROOM DOOR AND SINK VALVES....YUK YOU WOULD NOT BELIEVE WHAT KINDA SH-T IS ON SINK VALVE HANDLES
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Bubonic plague\n\nNice knowin ya toots.
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98 % is but there r also air born diseases and viruses that r caught not by touch but from the air.If someone ate in a room with someone who had an airborn virus you would get it.I know this from experience.Hand sanitizer is good to take anywhere especially buses and when handleing money.
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well if there is blood it could be pneumonia or it could just be an infection..due to the fact that it is this bad, and blood involved, I would say you need an antibiotic, and I would definatly make an appointment.
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An opportunistic pathogen usually are anaerobic.  For instance, if your natural flora in the intestinal track is introduced to sterile areas of the body can become an opportunistic pathogen, such as a perforation in the intestinal wall, exposing a normally "good" bacteria to a steryl area, which wasnt intended for it. This can cause helpful bacteria to become dangerious. Is this helpful?
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To fend off the pathogen, your body produces white blood cells.  These cells target the disease and work to kill it off.
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I think maybe you're asking about MRSA.  Here is some info on it:\n\nhttp://www.health.state.ny.us/nysdoh/communicable_diseases/en/mrsa.htm
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Blood's role in the body is three fold: First, it acts as a transort system for nurtients and such to reach the different parts of the body. Secondly as a defence system, where lymphocytes are active in controlling pathogens that enter the body (such as bacteria, viruses, fungi, etc). Lastly, the blood acts as a sealant. When there is damage to the body, the platelets in the blood seal up the wound.\n\nBlood is very important to the body. Without it, you wouldn't exist.
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I am not sure what you are asking exactly but a vector is an amimal or an insect that transmits the pathogen responsible for the necrotizing fasciitis. Think of it as a vehicle the germ travels on.
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Actually, foodborne illnesses come in bacteria (like salmonella or botulism), viruses (like Hepatitis and Norwalk), parasites (like Trichinosis), fungus (ergot) and oocysts (like giardia).\n\nOften the differences between being sick and having a foodborne illness are minute. Only fecal tests can confirm one way or another on foodborne illnesses. \n\nMost foodborne illnesses are accompanied by "flu-like" symptoms like fever, headache, chills, etc. The symptoms for each vary wildly, and if you can repost with more specific (and disgusting) symptoms, I can probably narrow it down for you. The good news is that almost all foodborne illness clears up on its own. Those that don't (botulism, salmonella h:0157, trichinosis) can be fatal.
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How is Hepatitis B transmitted?\n\n    * Hepatitis B is transmitted directly and indirectly through infected body fluids such as blood, semen, and vaginal secretions; the infection can also be picked up through mucous membranes and broken skin 5\n    * Although hepatitis B is commonly transmitted by sexual contact, it can also be picked up through\n          o Exposure to the blood of an infected person through contact sports\n          o Repeatedly sharing an infected person's razor, toothbrush or earrings 4\n          o Travel to a high-risk area\n          o Use of illicit injectable drugs\n          o Potentially through contaminated needles used for tattooing or piercing 2 \n    * About one third of those infected do not know the source of their infection 5 \n\nhope that helps and gives you some peace of mind.
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Aids, STD, HCV are transmitted via blood. Open sores on the mouth or on the vigina are problems. Blood is the intergal vehicle for passage though.