Blood Borne Pathogens make you sick.

A bloodborne pathogen is any microscopic organism that causes illness. Bloodborne pathogens travel from person to person when the blood from a sick person gets inside another person.

Two things must happen for you to become infected or sick from a bloodborne pathogen.

First, you must come in contact with the blood or other body fluid of a sick person.

Second, that blood or other body fluid must enter your bloodstream. Infected blood can enter your bloodstream through any body opening, including your eyes, nose, mouth or an open sore.

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Microscopic - Things so small that they can only be seen through a microscope.	What are bloodborne pathogens?
Organism - Any living thing. Microscopic organisms include bacteria,viruses and fungus.

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