Bloodborne Pathogens

• Health Professional Information about Bloodborne Pathogens
  Information for health professionals about bloodborne pathogen exposure, including preventing exposure and post-exposure prophylaxis.

Bloodborne Infectious Diseases:

• HIV/AIDS
• Hepatitis B
• Hepatitis C

Some infectious diseases that are characterized by a phase in which the virus or bacteria causing the disease may circulate in the blood for a prolonged period. They are therefore capable of being transmitted through blood or other potentially infectious materials.

• Syphilis
• Babesiosis
• Brucellosis
• Mosquito-Transmitted Diseases
• Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
• Viral hemorrhagic fever
• Leptospirosis