Question | Answer |
a mo that needs oxygen to live and grow | Aerobe |
a mo that grows best in the absence of oxygen | Anaerobe |
free from infection or pathogens; the actions practiced to make & maintain an area or object free from infection or pathogens | Asepsis |
an agent that inhibits the growth of or kills mo's | Antiseptic |
slender, hairlike projections that constantly beat toward the outside to remove mo's from the body | Cila |
to soil or to make impure. An aseptic object becomes "this" when it touches something that is not clean | Contaminate |
the use of physical or chemical means to remove, inactivate, or destroy pathogens on a surface or item to the point where they are no longer capable of transmitting infectious particals; the surface or item is rendered safe for handling, use or disposal. | Decontamination |
the process of cleansing or sanitizing the hands. | Hand Hygiene |
the condition in which the body, or part of it, is invaded by a pathogen | Infection |
practices that are employed to reduce the number & hinder 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 mo that does not normally produce disease | Nonpathogen |
an infection that results from a defective immune system that cannot defend the body from pathogens normally found in the enviornment | Opportunistic Infection |
the temperature at which an organism grows best | Optimum Growth Temperature |
taken into the body through the piercing of the skin barrier or mucous membranes, such as through needlesticks, human bites, cuts & abrasions | Parenteral |
A disease producing MO | Pathogen |
relating to the period shortly before & after birth | Perinatal |
treatment administered to an individual after exposure to an infetious disease to prevent the disease | Postexposure Prophylaxis (PEP) |
medical waste that poses a threat to health & safety | Regulated Medical Waste (RMW) |
the organism that becomes infected by a pathogen & serves as a source of transfer of the pathogen to others. | Resivor Host |
harmless, nonpathogenic MO's that normally reside on the skin & usually do not cause diseas: also known as normal flora | Resident Flora |
easily affected; lacking resistance | Susceptible |
MO's 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 |