Select the best match for each item. Use an answer only once.

A. virus that causes hepatitis C
B. capable of causing damage or injury to the host
C. hospital-acquired infection
D. retrovirus that has been identified as the cause of AIDS
E. method of preventing the spread of disease by separating a person with a contagious or infectious disease from the healthy population
F. set of comprehensive safety guidelines designed to protect patients and health care workers
G. killing or inactivation of living organisms and viruses
H. specific safety practices used in addition to Standard Precautions
I. 1988 act of U.S. Congress
J. limited to only blood and body fluids visibly contaminated with blood


A. HCV
B. pathogenic
C. nosocomial
D. human immunodeficiency virus
E. isolation
F. Standard Precautions
G. sterilization
H. Transmission Based Precautions
I. CLIA '88
J. Universal Precautions

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