Table 5.

Fifth category of biological hazards at the workplace-contact with infected patient or blood

Occupations	Contact with infected patient or blood	Diseases
Dental worker, embalmer, health care worker	Handling of contaminated needles or surgical instruments	AIDS, Crimean–Congo hemorrhagic fever, Ebola–Marburg virus infection, hepatitis B, hepatitis C, Lassa fever
Health care worker	Caring for sick patients (droplet/airborne pathogens)	Adenovirus, arenavirus infection, Crimean–Congo hemorrhagic fever, diphtheria, Ebola–Marburg virus infection, influenza, Lassa fever, measles, meningococcus, monkeypox, mumps, Mycoplasma infection, parvorvirus infection, pertussis, rubella, SARS, tuberculosis, Varicella
Health care worker	Caring for sick patients (bloodborne pathogens)	AIDS, arenavirus infection, Crimean–Congo hemorrhagic fever, Ebola–Marburg infection, hepatitis B, hepatitis C, Lassa fever, West Nile virus infection

Note. From the webpage of Haz-map: http://www.haz-map.com/infect.htm. Reproduced with permission.

SARS, severe acute respiratory syndrome.