Standard precautions to prevent transmission of HIV and other blood-borne pathogens should be used when the nurse is likely to come into contact with blood,semen,vaginal secretions,and possibly breast milk.Only these four fluids have been shown to transmit HIV.Although the risk is unknown,universal precautions for prevention of HIV have also been suggested for which of the following bodily fluids?

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The Centers for Disease Control (CDC)recommend that health care workers use gloves,gowns,masks,and protective eyewear when they are likely to be exposed to patients' blood or body fluids;they consider that all patients might be infected.Universal precautions also apply to tissues,cerebrospinal fluid,synovial fluid,and amniotic fluid.

Standard Precautions to Prevent Transmission of HIV and Other Blood-Borne