Identify and discuss the examples of the potential disease transmission methods that are included in Dave's story, and describe what should have been done to eliminate these risks.
Describe how bloodborne, airborne, and food-borne diseases are transmitted, and give an example of each type of transmission.
Discuss what might happen in a school if a cafeteria worker has a food-borne disease and after a trip to the lavatory does not wash his or her hands. Instead, the worker goes right back to work without putting on gloves-preparing salads and putting out fresh fruit for lunch.
When treating a bloody wound, the caregiver is required to wear protective gloves. Discuss the possible reasons for this. Is this step taken to protect the patient against diseases on the caregiver's hands? Is this step required to protect the caregiver from a bloodborne disease that the patient might have?