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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