Term | Definition |
Aerobe | A microorgainism that needs oxygen to live & grow. |
Anaerobe | A microorganism that grows best in the absence of oxygen. |
Asepsis | Free from infection or pathogens; the actions practiced to make & maintain an area or object free from infection or pathogens |
Cilia | Slender, hair like projections that constantly beat toward the outside to remove microorganisms from the body |
Contaminate | to soil or to make impure. An aseptic object becomes' 'this' 'when it touches something that is not clean. |
Deccontaminate | The use of physical or chemical means to remove, inactivate, or destroy pathogens on a surface or item to the item to the point where they are no longer capable of transmitting infectious particle's; the surface or item is rendered safe for handling, disp |
Hand Hygiene | the process of cleansing or sanitizing the hands. |
Infection | the condition in which the body, or part of it, is invaded by a pathogen. |
medical Asepsis | Practices that are employed to reduce the number & hinder the transmission of pathogens. |
Microorganis(MO) | A microscopic plant or animal |
Nonintact skin | skin that has a break in the in the surface. it includes, but is not limited to abrasions, cuts, hangnails, paper cuts& burns. |
NonPathogen | A microorganism that does not normally produce disease. |
opportunistic infection | An infection that results from a defective immune system that cannot defend the body from pathogens normally found in the environment. |
Parentral | Taken into the body through the piercing of the skin barrier or mucous membranes such as through needle sticks, human bites, cuts and abrasions. |
Pathogen | A disease-producing microorganism. |
Perinatal | Relating to the period shortly before and after birth |
PH | To degree to which a solution is acidic or basic. |
Postexposure Prophylaxis (PEP) | treatment admininistered to an individual after exposure to an infectious disease to prevent the disease. |
Regulated Medical Waste (RMW) | medical waste that poses a threat to health & safty. |
Reservoir Host | The organism that becomes infected by a pathogen & serves as a source of thransfer of the pathogen to others. |
Resident Flora | Harmless, nonpathogenic microorganisms that normally reside on the skin & usually do not cause disease; also known as normal flora. |
Susceptible | Easily affected; lacking resistance. |
Transient Flora | Microorganisms 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. |
Antiseptic | An agent that inhibits the growth of or kills microorganisms. |
Optimum Growth Temperature | The temperature at which an organism grows best. |