Earwax Earwax Earwax, also known by the medical term cerumen, is a gray, orange, or yellowish waxy substance secreted in the ear canal of humans and other mammals. It protects the skin of the human ear canal, assists in cleaning and lubrication, and also provides some protection against bacteria, fungi, insects, and water. Earwax consists of shed skin cells, hair, and the secretions of the ceruminous and sebaceous glands of the outside ear canal. Major components of earwax are long chain fatty acids, both saturated and unsaturated, alcohols, squalene, and cholesterol. Excess or compacted cerumen can press against the eardrum or
Body substance isolation a part of the National Standards Curriculum for Prehospital Providers and Firefighters. Types of body substance isolation included: It was postulated that BSI precautions should be practiced in environment where treaters were exposed to bodily fluids, such as: Such infection control techniques that were recommended following the AIDS outbreak in the 1980s. Every patient was treated as if infected and therefore precautions were taken to minimize risk. Other conditions which called for minimizing risks with BSI: or any combination of the above. Body substance isolation Body substance isolation is a practice of isolating all body substances (blood, urine, feces, tears,