Bloodborne safety: universal precautions, standard precautions, and needlestick prevention
Bloodborne infections -- Transmission of bloodborne -- Infection -- Exposure control -- Using personal protective equipment -- Work practice controls
Subject: Infectious Disease Transmission, Patient-to-Professional--prevention & control
Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies
Transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs) attack the central nervous system. This results in the loss of motor skills and the ability to think
Transmission and Testing MRSA
MRSA lives on the skin and is transmitted though hand contact. A sample from the wound is inoculated and incubated to determine the strain of MRSA.
Transmission of Cultural Identity
The work of Franz Boas can provide a great deal of information, but many cultural traditions have been handed down from one generation to the next. During his visits to Fort Rupert Boas became aware of the importance of language.
Human-to-Human Transmission
-to-human transmission. His case may mark a shift in the H5N1 virus that signals the early stages of a pandemic.
The Nation's Welfare: Countering the Transmission of Poverty from Generation to Generation
"Poverty," says Joel Handler, "is the biggest predictor of all the things we ascribe to welfare": poor school performance, poor health, poor employment prospects. The focus is on "punishing the adult and we are not paying attention to the consequenc...
Risky Business: STDs: Epidemic Proportions
Many sexually transmitted diseases have taken a backseat to headlines about HIV, but they still take their toll. The rate of infection is increasing worldwide, incorporating diseases that have been around for years as well as other deadly organisms....
Subject: transmission of STDs
Risky Business: Worldwide Effort to Educate People about Their Contraceptive Options
unwanted pregnancies and the transmission of STDs.
Subject: preventing transmission of STDs
The Modern Plague: Rumblings, New Disease Rumored
deficiency, opportunistic infections and cancers. Between 1981 and 1983 the case definition was developed as were the modes of transmission: sexual contact
Subject: modes of transmission
Transcript: definition was discovered, And the modes of transmission were determined to be Through sexual contact primarily, Between injection drug users, through the