Definition: The transmission of infectious disease or pathogens from health professional or health care worker to patients. It includes transmission via direct or indirect exposure to bacterial, fungal, parasitic, or viral agents.
coordinate IM with disease /transm (IM) + professional or profession (including DENTISTS or DENTISTRY) with no qualifiers (IM); do not confuse with INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PATIENT-TO-PROFESSIONAL; DF: DIS TRANSM PROF PATIENT or PROF PATIENT TRAN
See AlsoBlood-Borne Pathogens
Other names Worker-Patient Transmission, Healthcare; Transmission, Professional-to-Patient Pathogen; Transmission, Professional-to-Patient Infection; Transmission, Professional-to-Patient Disease; Transmission, Professional-Patient Disease; Transmission, Professional to Patient; Transmission, Professional Patient; Transmission, Physician-Patient Infection; Transmission, Physician Patient; Transmission, Professional-to-Patient; Transmission, Physician-Patient; Transmission, Health Care Worker-Patient; Transmission, Dentist-Patient; Disease Transmission, Professional-to-Patient; Transmission, Healthcare Worker Patient; Transmission, Health Care Worker Patient; Transmission, Dentist-Patient Infection; Transmission, Dentist Patient; Professional-to-Patient Pathogen Transmission; Professional-to-Patient Infection Transmission