bloodborne virus

Introduction

Fluids transmitting bloodborne viruses:

• blood
• semen
• vaginal secretions
• cerebrospinal fluid
• synovial fluid
• pleural fluid
• pericardial fluid
• peritoneal fluid
• amniotic fluid
• saliva (in dental procedures)
• any unfixed human tissue or organ
• body fluid containing visible blood

More general terms

• bloodborne pathogen