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Can a dentist/hygienist give you typhoid if they are typhoid carriers as they will touch your mouth and inside of it as well?
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While the usual barrier nursing will protect a patient from fluid contaminations, active carriers of typhus should not be treating patients.
Answered 3/14/2021
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An intractable untreatable communicative disease would probably result in loss of license to treat patients.
Answered 3/13/2021
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