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cross-infection

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cross-infection,
n the transmission of a communicable disease from one person to another because of a poor barrier protection.


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He added the practitioner told him there would be problems or complications with cutting, cross-infection and sterilisation and could not treat him.
Developing active preventive strategies like routine decontamination of mobile phones with alcohol-containing disinfectant materials might reduce cross-infection," the study's authors wrote.
This technology offers a front-line means of prevention against pandemics, contributes to eliminate the possibility of both pre-injection contamination and post-injection cross-infection from needles/syringes, increases institutional sanitation, and protects human health.
 
 
 
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