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Full name ni sir

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TOKININANA NGA JAYSON KEITHABAD LIWAS

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Also known as the “revised rules and regulations governing the license and regulation of clinical laboratories in the Philippines”

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DOH administrative order no. 2007-0027

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Refer to anything in the environment that has the potential to cause harm

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Hazards

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Is the possibility that something bad or unpleasant (such as an injury or loss) will happen.

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Risk

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It aims to provide all employees (clinical laboratory personnel included) a safe work environment.

It was enacted by the US congress in 1970

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Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA)

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Is the governing body responsible for ensuring and monitoring the implementation of the standards set by the above-mentioned act.

It is authorized to conduct on-site inspections to determine whether
an employer is complying with the mandatory standards.

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Occupational Safety and Health Administration (also OSHA)

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7 LABORATORY HAZARDS (BCFEPSE)

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  1. Biohazard
  2. Chemical Hazard
  3. Fire Hazard
  4. Electrical Hazard
  5. Physical Hazard
  6. Sharps Hazard
  7. Ergonomic Hazard
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Include all pathogen or disease-causing microorganisms.

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Biohazards

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Illustrates how pathogens are transmitted.

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The chain of infection

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CHAIN OF INFECTION: 6-PART MODEL

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Infectious agent
Reservoir
Portal of exit
Mode of transmission
Portal of entry
Susceptible host

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The disease-causing microorganism

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INFECTIOUS AGENT / PATHOGEN

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Animate/ inanimate object where the infectious agent is found normally
living

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RESERVOIR

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Routes and means utilized by the microorganism to escape from the reservoir

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PORTAL OF EXIT

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Method of conduction from the reservoir to the susceptible host

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MODE OF TRANSMISSION

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4 TYPES OF MODE OF TRANSMISSION

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  1. Contact Transmission
  2. Airborne Transmission
  3. Common Vehicle Transmission
  4. Vector-Borne Transmission
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3 types of Contact Transmission

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Direct
Indirect
Droplet

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Involves actual contact/ close proximity of the infected individual and the susceptible host

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Direct contact

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“Mother-to-baby” transmission

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Vertical Transmission

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Transmission from a person to
another person

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Horizontal Transmission:

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Transfer of infectious agent happens
BEFORE birth usually by crossing the
placenta

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Prenatal/ Transplacental Transmission

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Transfer happens during passage through the birth canal

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Perinatal Transmission

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Includes Transmission by Fomites

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Indirect contact

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Non-living object that may transmit an infectious disease (Examples include tissues, handkerchiefs, towels, doorknobs, bedding, etc. )

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Respiratory particles of moisture containing an infectious
agent

Typically expelled into the air by coughing, sneezing, and
even by talking

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Pathogen is spread through droplet nuclei (remnants after evaporation of droplets)
Airborne Transmission
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A droplet nuclei has a Diameter _____ Travelling distances _______
>5 micrometer <1 meter
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Transfer of infectious agents by an inanimate medium (soil, water, food)
Common Vehicle Transmission
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Types of common vehicle transmission
Waterborne transmission Soil-borne transmission Foodborne transmission
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______ where pathogens are spread by contaminated water, usually with untreated or poorly treated sewage Diseases transmitted via this route include ______ and __________
Waterborne transmission cholera : leptospirosis
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In _______ _________The pathogens usually develop in soil and is subsequently acquired by the susceptible host from the soil Diseases transmitted via this route include ________ _______ and ______
Soil-borne transmission Hookworm infection : Ascariasis
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_______ ________Pathogens are transmitted in foods that are incompletely cooked, poorly refrigerated, or prepared under unsanitary conditions Diseases transmitted via this route include _________
Foodborne transmission Tapeworm infection
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Invertebrates capable of harbouring infectious agent
Vector
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The infectious agent WILL NOT develop while being transported by the vector
Mechanical transmission
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The infectious agent WILL develop while being transported by the vector
Biological transmission
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Routes through which the pathogen enter the host
PORTAL OF ENTRY
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The biohazard symbol has ___ circles
Four 444444
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The Biosafety in Microbiological and Biomedical Laboratories is jointly produced by the ___________________ and the __________________
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) National Institutes of Health (NIH).
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3-PART MODEL
Source Transmission Host

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