A Monday morning session at the AIHce studies the risks of microbiology exposure.Workers in many different jobs may be exposed to various infectious biological agents either intentionally or accidentally.
Work-related infectious disease is referred to as disease that is caused or aggravated by occupational exposure to biological agents including bacteria, fungi, viruses and parasites (helminths, protozoa) through human, animal and/or environmental contact. The risk of infection depends on the pathogenicity of the biological agent of occupational aetiology, worker susceptibility, dose required to initiate infection, the mode of transmission, route of entry into the body and the presence of reservoirs or vectors.