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… the uterus, placenta and birth fluids. Q fever is very infectious and even a small number of bacteria can make you … Health and Safety (CCOHS): www.ccohs.ca/oshanswers/diseases/qfever.html . Image … Q fever …
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… remain in the environment for a number of days to become infectious. People are infected by eating contaminated food …
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… systems who are at higher risk of certain water-borne diseases include those with: HIV infection who have a CD4+ … stem cell transplant recipients; and people born with diseases that severely affect their immune systems. Some … treatment may not provide a 99.9 per cent reduction in infectious parasites. Some water systems and many private …
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… cause kidney disease. How is it spread? Impetigo is very infectious. It spreads easily from person-to-person through …
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… with blood or body fluids, always treat them as potentially infectious. If you prick yourself with a used needle, hold … blood or body fluid with which you had contact may be infectious for HIV, hepatitis B and C. In case of possible …
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… workers? Health care workers are at risk of exposure to infectious diseases while at work. Many diseases can be prevented with immunization. Getting …
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… be done safely. In rare cases, animals can spread serious diseases to people. Which diseases are commonly spread from animals to people? While … Giardia Cryptosporidium Yersinia Other less common diseases include Q fever, psittacosis, toxoplasmosis and …
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… A). If I have hepatitis C, should I get vaccines for other diseases? Yes. You can also become infected with other types …
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… of HBIg undergoes more testing to ensure no known infectious viruses are present. There is an extremely small …
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… preparation of Ig undergoes more testing to ensure no known infectious viruses are present. There is an extremely small …
