Download Health Center 21 – Bloodborne Pathogens Using the Bloodborne

Health Center 21 – Bloodborne Pathogens
Using the Bloodborne Pathogen Module in Health Center 21, answer the following questions on your
own paper. Restate the question in your answer.
Unit 1: HIV, AIDS, and Hepatitis
1. What is an infectious disease?
2. What is a communicable disease?
3. What is HIV and what does it stand for?
4. What is AIDS and what does it stand for?
5. Which four kinds of bodily fluids can transmit HIV?
6. Is HIV curable?
7. How does the Ryan White CARE Act help patients with HIV or AIDS?
8. How does the Americans with Disabilities Act help patients with HIV or AIDS?
9. What is hepatitis?
10. What type of pathogen causes hepatitis?
11. How is each of the following types of hepatitis transmitted?
a. Hepatitis A:
b. Hepatitis B:
c. Hepatitis C:
d. Hepatitis D:
e. Hepatitis E:
12. Which 2 strains of hepatitis can be prevented with a vaccine?
13. What is the difference between confidential and anonymous testing?
Unit 3: Bloodborne Pathogens Standard
14. What 3 bloodborne pathogens are healthcare workers at an increased of being exposed to?
15. Which agency developed the Bloodborne Pathogen Standard?
16. Who must follow the regulations in the Bloodborne Pathogens Standard?
Do an online search for each of the following. Give a brief description of the services that are offered
for those infected with HIV / AIDS.
17. Florida Department of Health – Marion County
18. Ryan White CARE Program
19. Project AIDS Care (PAC)
20. Housing Opportunities Program (HOP)
21. AIDS Drug Assistance Program
22. Florida HIV / AIDS Hotline
23. “Let’s Talk About It”
Read pgs. 184 – 185 in the red book on Sexually Transmitted Diseases (stop at Chlamydia). Using the
information in the red book and what you have learned in the Infection Control and Bloodborne
Pathogen modules, answer the following:
24. In what ways are blood borne pathogens transmitted?
25. What community resources are available to individuals infected with blood borne pathogens?
26. What behaviors put a person at risk for contracting HIV / AIDS?
27. What laws govern AIDS and AIDS testing?