You are positioning a motor vehicle collision patient on the X-ray table when blood from his clothing splatters in your eyes. Have you been exposed? Why or why not?
A)Yes. There is a portal of entry and a method of travel.
B)No. There is no portal of entry and no method of travel.
C)No. There is a portal of entry but no method of travel.
D)No. There is a method of travel, but no portal of entry.

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Yes, there has been an exposure because the mucous membranes of the eyes serve as a portal of entry for pathogens, and the blood splatter acts as a method of travel for these pathogens from the source to the host.

You Are Positioning a Motor Vehicle Collision Patient on the X-Ray