State law study guide week 3

What is universal caution

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What is universal caution

Requires the employer and employee to asume that there are pathogens present in human blood that can spread disease in humans

How do disease causing particles enter the body?

broken skin, nostrils , any opening on the body

What is contamination?

The presence or the reasonably anticipated presence of blood or other potentially infectious materials on an items surface

What is disinfectant?

A chemical agent used to destroy bacteria and sanitize implements

mutual exchange

the ability of an organism to resist a particular infection or toxin by the action of specific antibodies or sensitized white blood cells.

To reduce the number of pathogenic bacteria on a surface or object

All disinfectants must be registered with

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When redness , pus and swelling are present these are signs of

What agency regulates the safety and health of American workers

OSHA , occupational safety and health act