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HT Histotechnician

Category - Laboratory Operations

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Gabin understands that he must apply which of the following precautions when dealing with blood samples and tissues that might have blood borne pathogens?

Standard precautions
Universal precautions
Contact precautions
Droplet precautions

Explanation

Answer: B - Universal precautions
When handling blood samples and tissue samples that might contain blood borne pathogens, universal precautions must always be observed. This infection control approach is used to assume that human blood and other bodily fluids are infectious for blood borne pathogens such as HIV, Hepatitis B virus and Hepatitis C virus. Other precautions stated in the choices do not accurate match the description in the question.

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