Items such as gloves and patient napkins that may contain potentially infectious body fluids of patients are called what?

Items such as gloves and patient napkins that may contain potentially infectious body fluids of patients are called what?

• A. Contaminated Waste
• B. Direct Contact
• C. Blood-Borne Pathogens
• D. Chronic Infection

Answer: (A)

Contaminated waste is the label for items that have been in contact with blood or other potentially infectious body fluids and could spread infection. Gloves and patient napkins after use may carry pathogens, so they’re treated as contaminated and disposed of in designated biohazard waste containers following proper protocols. This term focuses on how the item could transmit disease, not on the act of touching (direct contact), the germs themselves (blood-borne pathogens), or a health condition someone has (a chronic infection).

Contaminated waste is the label for items that have been in contact with blood or other potentially infectious body fluids and could spread infection. Gloves and patient napkins after use may carry pathogens, so they’re treated as contaminated and disposed of in designated biohazard waste containers following proper protocols. This term focuses on how the item could transmit disease, not on the act of touching (direct contact), the germs themselves (blood-borne pathogens), or a health condition someone has (a chronic infection).