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What does Osha Stand for? - ANSWER-Occupational Safety & Health Act Exposure Incident - ANSWER-The act of bringing blood or OPIM* into contact with mucous membranes or nonintact skin. Universal Precautions - ANSWER-The practice of avoiding contact with patients' bodily fluids, by means of the wearing of personal protective equipment BSI - ANSWER-Body Substance Isolation Body Substance Isolation is what? - ANSWER-Barrier protection from all fluids/ substances regardless of potential for harboring pathogens. Which body fluids pose a risk for the transmission of blood-borne diseases? - ANSWER-Blood, semen, vaginal secretions Assessing Risk in an Exposure formula - ANSWER-(Dose x Virulence) / Resistance HIV Communicable from time of infection? - ANSWER-up to 12 weeks HIV is Mainly transmitted 3 ways: - ANSWER-Sex, Blood, mother How many stages are there for HIV? - ANSWER-4 phase or stage Phase one of HIV - ANSWER-Initial infection: FLU like symptoms Phase two of HIV - ANSWER-No symptoms - still communicable Phase three of HIV - ANSWER-Symptomatic Phase: fatigue, Night sweats Phase four of HIV - ANSWER-AIDS You are more at risk for what virus delivered by a needle stick - ANSWER-Hep B