Question

8 what is the approach to infection control in which all human blood and certain human body fluids are treated as if they are known to be infectious?
o a. standard precautions
o b. infection defense precautions
o c. biosafety precautions
o d. universal precautions

Explanation:

Universal precautions are a set of infection - control practices. They assume that all human blood and certain human body fluids (such as semen, vaginal secretions, cerebrospinal fluid, synovial fluid, pleural fluid, peritoneal fluid, pericardial fluid, amniotic fluid, saliva in dental procedures) are potentially infectious. Standard precautions are an updated version of universal precautions that also include additional measures for preventing the spread of pathogens from moist body substances. Biosafety precautions are more related to handling biological agents in a laboratory or specific controlled environment. "Infection defense precautions" is not a standard term in this context.

Answer:

D. Universal precautions