body substance isolation

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A system of precautionary measures taken to ↓ nosocomial transmission of pathogens in health care, which requires that gloves be worn for any contact with mucous membranes and moist body substances–eg, oral secretions, stool, etc–BSI ignores air-borne pathogens. Cf Universal precautions.

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Standard Precautions Universal Precautions			Standard Precautions involve body substance isolation or barriers and focus on caregivers' routine interactions with residents. Infection Control Across the Board by FAHEY, PAM / Nursing Homes Our community hospital, which had formerly followed category-specific isolation as formulated by the Centers for Disease Control, adopted body substance isolation (BSI) in 1988. What every laboratorian should know about RSV by Luebbert, Peggy Prinz / Medical Laboratory Observer Body substance isolation (BSI), a system incorporating universal precautions, was developed by two infection control practitioners, Marguerite M. Body substance isolation: a comprehensive method for infection control by Luebbert, Peggy Prinz / Medical Laboratory Observer			body mechanics performance body mechanics promotion body movement body note Body Odor body odors, fear of Body Odour body of Retzius body of stomach Body Packer Body Packing Body Part Exercise body piercing body plethysmograph body position body positioning: self-initiated body righting reflex Body Rocking body scheme Body Sculpt body sculpting Body Snatcher Body Snatching body stalk Body Stuffer body substance isolation body surface area body systems model body temperature body type body unity body-brush body-fold dermatitis Body-Mind Centering body-scheme disorder body-section radiography body-section technique body-weight ratio body/mind body/mind/spirit bodywork Boeck's disease Boeck's sarcoid Boer Boerhaave Boerhaave syndrome Boerhaave's syndrome Boerhaavia diffusa bog asphodel Bog Body bog laurel			body shields body shirt body shop body shop Body Shop International Body shopping Body shopping Body shopping Body Shops Body Shops Body Side Moulding Body size (handwriting) Body size (handwriting) body sling body sling body sling body sling body snatcher body snatcher Body snatching Body snatching body stalk body stalk body stalk body stalk body stocking body stockings body structure Body Stuffer body substance body substance isolation body suit Body surface area Body surface area body surface area (BSA) body surface area (BSA) body surface area (BSA) body surface area (BSA) body surface area (BSA) Body Surface Area Burn Body Surface Laplacian Map Body Surface Map Body Surface Potential Mapping body swerve body swerves body systems model Body temp Body temp Body temp body temperature body temperature body temperature body temperature body temperature Body Temperature and Pressure Saturated Body Temperature Measuring System Body Temperature, Ambient Pressure body text body text Body Texts Body Texts

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