RISKS OF INFECTION TRANSMISSION

RISKS OF INFECTION TRANSMISSION IN A HEALTH CARE SETTING

Patient to health care workers transmission:

-          Parenteral exposure – example: needle stick injury

-          Mucous membrane contact – contact of blood through person’s mouth or eyes

-          Nasal non-intact skin contact – enter of blood into open wounds or broken skin due to wound, acne, chapped skin, dermatitis or other skin infection

Patient to patient transmission

-          Blood contaminated needles, syringes, equipment which has not been properly sterilized or disinfected before use

-          Blood transmission with contaminated blood or blood products