Non-intact Information and Courses from MediaLab, Inc.
These are the MediaLab courses that cover Non-intact and links to relevant pages within the course.
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| Standard Precautions! Standard precautions mean that all blood and body fluids should be handled as if they were infectious and capable of transmitting disease. Standard Precautions apply to all: Blood Body fluids Secretions (except sweat) Excretions Non-intact skin Mucous membranes | View Page |
| Who is infected? Patients with Hepatitis B and other bloodborne infections can appear healthy, so you can't tell whose blood is infectious.So treat all: blood body fluids secretions (except sweat) excretions non-intact skin mucous membranes as if they were infectious.That's what the term Standard Precautions means. | View Page |
| Exposure Incident Even after taking all the proper precautions there is still a small chance of an exposure incident. An Exposure incident occurs when: Blood or another potentially infectious body fluid comes into direct contact with mucous membranes or non-intact skin. Parenteral exposure means: Exposure occurring as a result of piercing the skin barrier through needlesticks, cuts, or abrasions. | View Page |