Health Care

Patient-to-Professional Infectious Disease Transmission

The transmission of infectious disease or pathogens from patients to health professionals or health care workers. It includes transmission via direct or indirect exposure to bacterial, fungal, parasitic, or viral agents.

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Structured Summary

Abstract

The transmission of infectious disease or pathogens from patients to health professionals or health care workers. It includes transmission via direct or indirect exposure to bacterial, fungal, parasitic, or viral agents.

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Synonyms

25 entry terms
  • Disease Transmission, Patient-Professional
  • Disease Transmission, Patient-to-Professional
  • Infection Transmission, Patient-Professional
  • Infectious Disease Transmission, Patient-to-Professional
  • Pathogen Transmission, Patient-Professional
  • Patient-to-Professional Disease Transmission
  • Patient-to-Professional Transmission
  • Transmission, Patient-Professional
  • Transmission, Patient-to-Professional
  • Disease Transmission, Patient Professional
  • Disease Transmission, Patient to Professional
  • Infection Transmission, Patient Professional
  • Infectious Disease Transmission, Patient to Professional
  • Pathogen Transmission, Patient Professional
  • Patient to Professional Disease Transmission
  • Patient to Professional Transmission
  • Patient-Professional Disease Transmission
  • Patient-Professional Infection Transmission
  • Patient-Professional Infection Transmissions
  • Patient-Professional Pathogen Transmission
  • Patient-Professional Transmission
  • Transmission, Patient Professional
  • Transmission, Patient to Professional
  • Transmission, Patient-Professional Infection
  • Transmission, Patient-Professional Pathogen

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Aspects Covered

7 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, ethics, history, legislation & jurisprudence, prevention & control, statistics & numerical data.

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Indexing Annotation

coordinate IM with disease /transm (IM) + professional or profession with no qualifiers (IM); do not confuse with INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PROFESSIONAL-TO-PATIENT; DF: DIS TRANSM PATIENT PROF or PATIENT PROF TRANSM

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History Note

2009 (1994)

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Previous Indexing

  • Occupational Diseases (1966-1993)
  • specific disease/transmission (1974-1993)
  • specific health profession (1974-1993)
  • specific health professional (1974-1993)

MeSH Hierarchy

Tree Number

  1. N06.850w.335w.500

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NLM Classification

WA 110

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Patient-to-Professional Infectious Disease Transmission. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D017758. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D017758
  2. Patient-to-Professional Infectious Disease Transmission. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q70439240