Medical Asepsis & the OSHA Standard - Sierra
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| Aerobe | The microorganism that needs oxygen to live and grow.
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| Anaerobe | The microorganism that grows best in the absence of oxygen.
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| Antiseptic | An agent that inhibits the growth of or kills mircoorganisms.
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| Asepsis | Free from infection or pathogens.
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| Cilia | Slender, hairlike projections that constantly beat toward the outside to remove MO's.
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| Contaminate | To soil or make impure.
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| Decontamination | The use of physical or chemical means to remove 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 is invaded by a pathogen.
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| Medical Asepsis | Practices that are employed to reduce the number and h inder the transmission of 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..cuts, hangnails, burns, etc.
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| Nonpathogen | A microorganism that does not normally produce disease.
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| Opportunistic infection | An infection that results from a defective immune system that cannot defend the body from pathogens.
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| Optimum growth temperature | The temperature at which an organism grows best.
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| Parenteral | Taken into the body through piercing of the skin barrier or mucous membranes.
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| Pathogen | A disease producing microorganism.
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| Perinatal | Relating to the period shortly before and after birth.
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| pH | The degree to which a solution is acidic or basic.
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| PEP | Treatment administered to an individual after exposure to an infectious disease to prevent the disease.
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| Regulated waste | Medical waste that poses a threat to health and safety.
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| Reservoir host | The organism that becomes infected by a pathogen and serves as a source of transfer to the pathogen to others.
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| Resident Flora | Harmless nonpathogenic microorganisms that reside on the skin.
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| Susceptible | Easily affected.
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| Transient flora | Microoorganisms that reside on the superficial layer of the skin layers and are picked up in the course of daily activites.
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