Session Details
Gerald Lyons
CHR/EMS Outreach Instructor
Mountain Plains Health Consortium
Bloodborne Pathogens and infection control
Blood is the most important fluid in the human body. Blood carries oxygen and nutrients throughout the body, making life possible. However, blood can sometimes transmit diseases—diseases that can take life away.
Today's headlines often concern diseases such as Hepatitis B and HIV, the virus that carries AIDS. These diseases are caused by bloodborne pathogens; disease-causing micro-organisms that are transmitted through blood and other bodily fluids.