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Module 2
Disease Transmission
Nancy Goodwin, CDA, RDH, MEd.
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Objectives
To review..
Transmission can be
Hepatitis Viruses
Viral Hepatitis
Hepatitis B(HBV)
Hepatitis B (continued)
Hepatitis B (continued)
Hepatitis B (continued)
Hepatitis B
Transmission of Hepatitis B can
occur:
Parenterally (Percutaneous) =stick
through the skin
Permucosally =through mucosal tissues
Through sexual contact
Prenatally= mother to child
Other= unknown source
Hepatitis B
The greatest risks to the dental healthcare
worker occur from:
Injuries from contaminated sharps
Blood and saliva contamination of cuts
and cracks on the skin; ungloved hands;
gloves that became torn
Spray and splatter onto open lesions on
skin or into mucous membranes (eyes,
nose, mouth)
Application to practice
Hepatitis C (HCV)
Blood-borne disease
An emerging disease (increasing)
Transmission is the same as Hepatitis B
About 25,000 persons in the U.S. are
estimated to become infected with HCV
every year, but only 20% of those infected
have any (generally mild) recognizable
symptoms
Miller & Palenik, 2005, p. 81
Hepatitis C
Application to practice
Hepatitis D (HDV)
http://www.osap.org/associations/4930/fi
les/Feb%20ICIP%20final.pdf
On this link,
find one fact that you
didnt know about Hepatitis.
Human
Immunodeficiency Virus
HIV (Continued)
Link
Managing the care of patients with a
bloodborne illness (read abstract only)
http://jada.ada.org/cgi/content/abstr
act/134/3/350?maxtoshow=&HITS=10&hits
=10&RESULTFORMAT=1&author1=
DePaola&andorexacttitle=
and&andorexacttitleabs=
and&andorexactfulltext=and&searchid
=1&FIRSTINDEX=0&sortspec=
relevance&resourcetype=HWCIT
Herpesviruses
Herpes viruses
http://dermnetnz.org/viral/herpes-simplex.html
Herpesviruses
Herpes simplex
Application to practice
Chicken
pox
Varicella
Shingles
Zoster
Epstein-Barr Virus
(Human Herpesvirus type 4)
There is no vaccine.
Cytomegalovirus
(Human Herpesvirus Type 5)
Bacterial Infections
Tuberculosis
Tuberculosis
Legionnaires Disease
Legionnaires Disease
Tetanus
Syphilis
Chancre of Syphilis
http://www.cdc.gov/std/training/picturecards/Oral-chancre-upper-lip.pdf
Gonorrhea
Link
Guidelines for Infection Control in Dental
Health-Care Settings --- 2003
(Read Summary, Introduction and
Background onlymore if you like!)
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrh
tml/rr5217a1.htm
For review.
Which pathogens
have bloodborne
transmission?
Which pathogens
have airborne
transmission?
Hepatitis B,C,D
HIV
Tuberculosis
Legionnaires
Gonorrhea (aerosols)
References