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M6 13-005
Intection Control
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| A substance that tends to inhibit the growth and reproduction of microorganisms; may be used on humans. | Antiseptic |
| Prevention of sepsis by antiseptic means | Antisepsis |
| Person or animal who harbors and spreads an organism, causing disease in others but does not itself become ill. | Carrier |
| Make (something) impure by exposure to or addition of a poisonous or polluting substance | Contaminate |
| Infectious Agent Reservoir Portal of Exit Transmission Portal of Entry Susceptable Host | Cycle of infection |
| A chemical that can be applied to oblects to destroy microorganisms. | Disinfectant |
| Infection control practice of placing a bag of contaminated items into another bag that is clean and held outside the isolation room by a second staff member. | Double Bagging |
| Growing within the body; originating from within the body, or produced from internal causes, such as a disease causd by the structual or functional failure of an organ or system. | Endogenous |
| Outside the body; originating outside the body or produced from external causes, such as a disease caused by a bacterial or viral agent foreign to the body. | Exogenous |
| Nonliving material, such as bed linens, sthethoscope, needles, and many other objects that may host and tranfer pathogenic microorganisms. | Fomite |
| A person or group who, because of risk factors, may be susceptable to disease or illness; an organism in which another, usually parasitic, organism is nourished and harbored. | Host |
| Infectious Agent | |
| The policies and procedures of a hospital or other health care facility to minimize the risk of nosocomial or community-accuired infection spreading to patients or members of the staff. | infection Control |
| Practices of infection control to reduce or eliminate the transmission of pathogens; precautions include wearing protective apparel such as gowns, gloves & masks and following the procedure for double bagging. | Isolation Precautions |
| A group of techniques that inhibit the growth and spread of pathogenic microorganisms. Clean technique. | Medical Asepsis |
| A tiny (usually microscopic) entity capable of carrying on living processes; kinds of microorganisms include bacteria, fungi, protozoa, and viruses; seen only by a microscope. | Microorganism |
| mode of Escape | |
| Health care-associated infection | |
| Reservoir | |
| Spore | |
| Standard Precations | |
| Sterilzation | |
| Surgical Asepsis | |
| Universal Precautions | |
| Vector | |
| Vehicle | |
| Virulent | |
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