bloodborne disease
Syringe-transmitted illness
A bloodborne disease is an illness transmitted through contact with infected blood or bodily fluids.
HIV, hepatitis B, and hepatitis C are the most commonly cited examples.
The term appears frequently in healthcare and workplace safety contexts, where protocols exist to minimize transmission risk: Healthcare workers must follow strict precautions against bloodborne diseases.
- infectionPathogen invasion causing illness
- transmissionSending of information
- bodily fluidsLiquids produced by organisms
- pathogenDisease-causing microorganism
- virusMicroscopic infectious agent
HIV · safe sex · hepatitis · malaria · mosquito · West Nile · needle · needle stick · transfusion · contaminated · plasma · carrier · fever · parasite · syringe · high risk · exposure · contagious
bloodborne diseaseairborne disease
Pathogen spread by inhalation
waterborne disease · foodborne illness · sexually transmitted disease · zoonotic disease · respiratory illness
bloodborne diseasemeasles
Contagious viral rash illness
influenza · common cold · chickenpox · tuberculosis · whooping cough
bloodborne diseasegenetic disorder
Abnormality in inherited code
hereditary disease · autoimmune disease · degenerative disease · metabolic disorder · congenital condition
blood, blooded, bloody, bloodied, bloodline, bloodstream, bleeding, borne, bearer