HTHSCI 1BS0 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Biosafety Cabinet, Colloid, Biosafety
29 Aug 2016
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Infectious substances can enter the body through ingestion, inhalation, contact with mucous membranes (ex. ), conjunctivae (eyes), and inoculation (directly into tissues and bloodstream ex. Documents produced by the public health agency of canada that describe hazardous properties of human pathogens. Section 2: toxicity, host range, infectious dose, incubation period. Section 3: lifecycle of pathogen, modes of transmission, vectors (ex. A vector is any agent that carries and transmits a pathogen into another living organism), barriers. Section4: drug and disinfectant susceptibility, conditions in which survival outside of the host is possible. *this information is very important to avoid contamination by understanding how the pathogen can survive and spread. Section 6: information on laboratory hazards while working with the pathogen * Important to be aware or how one could be exposed while working. Section 7: exposure controls and personal protection *more about this in a further section.
