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Medical Asepsis and the OSHA Standard - Ayana Robinson
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| A microorganismn that needs oxygen to live & grow. | Aerobe |
| A microoraganism that grows best in the absence of oxygen. | Anaerobe |
| An agent that inhibits the growth of or kills microorgansism. | Antiseptic |
| Free from infection or pathogens; the actions practiced to make & maintain an area or object free from infection or pathogens. | Asepsis |
| Slender, hairlike projections that constantlybeat toward the outside to remove microorganisms from the body | Cilia |
| To soil or to make impure. An aseptic object becomes "this" when it touchs something that is not clean. | Contaminate |
| The use of physical or chemical means to remove, inactivate, or destroy pathogens on asurface or item to the point where they are no loger capable of transmittining infectious particles;the surface or items is rendered safe for handling use or disposal. | Decontamination |
| The condition in which the body, or part of it, is invaded by a pathogen. | Infection |
| Practices that are employed to reduce the number & hinfer the transmission of pathogens. | Medical Asepsis |
| A microscopic plant or animal | Microorganism (MO) |
| Skin that has a break in the surface, It includes, but is not limited to, abrasions, cuts, hangnails, paper cuts, & burns | Nonintact skin |
| A microorganism tht does not mormally produce disease. | Nonpathogen |
| An infection that results from a defective immune system that cannot defend the body from pathogens normally found in the environment. | Opportunistic Infection |
| The temperature at which an organism grows best. | Optimum Growth Temperature |
| Taken into the body through a piercing of the skin barrier or mucous membranes, sauch as through needlesticks, human bites, cuts & abrasions. | Parenteral |
| A disease-producing microorgansism. | Pathogen |
| Relating to the period shortly before & after birth. | Perinatal |
| The degree to which a solution is acidic or basic. | pH |
| Treatment administered to an individual after exposure to an infectious disease to prevent disease | Postexposure Prophylaxis (PEP) |
| Medicalwaste that poses a threat to health & safety. | Regulated Medical Waste (RMW) |
| The organism that becomes infected by a pthogen & serves as a source of transfer of the parthogen to others. | Reservoir Host |
| Harmless, nonpathogenic mocroorganisms that noramlly reside on the skin & usually do not cause disease; also known as noraml flora. | Resident Flora |
| Easliy affected; lacking resistance. | Susceptible |
| Microoraganisms that reside on the superficial skin layers & are picked up in the course of daily activities. They are often pathogenic but can be removed easily from the skin by sanitizing the hands. | Transient Flora |
| The process of cleansing or sanatizing the hands. | Hand hyiene |
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