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Blood-Borne Pathogens

Known as: blood borne pathogens, bbp, bloodborne pathogen 
Infectious organisms, including pathogenic bacteria, viruses, and fungi, that are present in the BLOOD.
National Institutes of Health

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Infectious Disease Transmission, Patient-to-ProfessionalInfectious Disease Transmission, Professional-to-PatientMedical WasteUniversal Precautions

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Review
2017
Review
2017
Physiological functions and pathogenic potential of uric acid: A review
Review
2013
Review
2013
The spleen in local and systemic regulation of immunity.
Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Occupational exposure to needlestick injuries and hepatitis B vaccination coverage among health care workers in Egypt.
Review
1999
Review
1999
Guideline for Prevention of Surgical Site Infection, 1999. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Hospital Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The "Guideline for Prevention of Surgical Site Infection, 1999" presents the Centers for Disease Control and… 
Review
1999
Review
1999
Unsafe injections in the developing world and transmission of bloodborne pathogens: a review.
Unsafe injections are suspected to occur routinely in developing countries. We carried out a literature review to quantify the… 
Review
1999
Review
1999
Transmission of hepatitis B, hepatitis C and human immunodeficiency viruses through unsafe injections in the developing world: model-based regional estimates.
Thousands of millions of injections are delivered every year in developing countries, many of them unsafe, and the transmission… 
Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
The Splicing Factor BBP Interacts Specifically with the Pre-mRNA Branchpoint Sequence UACUAAC
Review
1996
Review
1996
Occupationally Acquired Infections in Health Care Workers: Part II
More than 10 years have elapsed since the last major consideration of occupationally acquired infections in health care workers… 
Review
1995
Review
1995
Management of occupational exposures to blood-borne viruses.
Exposures to blood-borne pathogens pose a serious occupational threat to health care workers. Safer needle devices for performing… 
Review
1995
Review
1995
Correlates of Hepatitis C Virus Infections among Injection Drug Users
Injection drug users are at high risk for hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. In Baltimore, Maryland, the prevalence of anti-HCV… 
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