Medical Asepsis & the OSHA Standard - Emily Lawson
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| aerobe | a microorganism that needs oxygen to live and grow.
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| anaerobe | a microorganism that grows best in the absence of oxygen
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| antispetic | an agent that inhibits the growth of or kills microorganisms
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| asepsis | free from infection or pathogens; the actions practiced to make and maintain an area or object free from infection or pathogens
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| cilia | slender, hairlike projections that constantly beat toward the outside to remove microorganisms from the body.
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| contaminate | to soil or make impure. an aspetic object is contaminated when it touches something not clean
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| decontamination | the use of physical or chemical means to remove, inactivate or destroy pathogens.
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| hand hygiene | the process of cleansing or sanitizing the hands
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| infection | the condition in which the body, or part of it, is invaded by a pathogen
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| medical asepsis | practices that are employed to reduce the number and hinder the transmission or pathogens
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| microorganism | a microscopic plant or animal
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| nonintact skin | skin that has a break in the surface, it includes , but its not limited to, abrasion, cuts, hangnails, paper cuts, and burns.
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| nonpathogen | a microorganism that usually does not produces disease
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| opportunistic infection | an infection that results from a defective immune system that cannot defend the body from pathogens found in the environment
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| optimum growth temperature | the temperature which an organism grows best
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| parenteral | taken into the body through piercing pf the skin barrier or mucous membranes
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| pathogen | a disease producing microorganism
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| perinatal | relating the period shortly before and after birth
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| pH | the degree to which sometting is acidic or basic
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| postexposure prophylaxis | treatment administered
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