Safety Talk

What’s at Stake? All human body fluids, including sweat, saliva, vomit, and blood, can potentially be infected with bacteria or viruses. Some of these potentially infectious materials die almost immediately once outside of the body, but others can survive for several minutes, hours, or days in the air or on surfaces. Healthcare workers can never know until laboratory tests are returned which patients pose a threat. What’s the Danger? Even if a patient is known to be infectious, people often underestimate the length of time bodily fluids can be infectious once they leave the body or the risk from airborne infections, carried […]