Medical Asepsis- OSH
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| Aerobe | A MO that needs oxygen to live and grow.
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| Anaerobe | A MO that grows best without oxygen.
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| Antiseptic | An agent that inhabits the growth of or kills a MO.
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| Asepsis | Free from infection or pathogens; the action practice to make and maintain an area or object free from infection or pathogen.
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| Cilia | Slender, hair like projections that constantly beat toward the outside to remove MO's from the body.
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| Contaminate | To soil or to make impure. An aseptic object becomes "this" when it touches something that is not clean.
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| Decontamination | The use of physical/chemical means to remove to remove, inactive or destroy pathogens on the surface item to the point that they are no longer capable of transmitting infectious particles. The surface/item is rendered safe for handling use or disposale.
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| Hand Hygiene | The process of cleaning or sanitizing the hands.
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| Infection | The condition in which the body, or part of it, is invaded by pathogens.
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| Medical Asepsis | Practices that are employed to reduce the number &hinder the transmission of pathogens.
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| Microorganisms | A microscopic plant or animal.
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| Nonintact skin | Skin that has a break in the surface. It includes, but is not limited to, abrasions, hangnails, cuts, paper cuts, &burns.
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| Nonpathogen | A MO that does not normally produce diseases.
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| Opportunistic Infection | An infection that results from a defective immune system that can't defend the body from pathogens normally found in the environment.
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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 the piercing of the skin barrier or mucous membrane, such as through needle sticks, human bites, cuts and abrasions.
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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 solution is acidic or basic
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| Postexposure Prophylaxis | Treatment administration to an individual after exposure to an infectious disease to prevent a disease.
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| Regulated Medical Waste | Medical waste that poses a threat to health &safety.
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| Perinatal | Relating to the period shortly before and after birth.
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| pH | The degree to which solution is acidic or basic
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| Postexposure Prophylaxis | Treatment administration to an individual after exposure to an infectious disease to prevent a disease.
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| Regulated Medical Waste | Medical waste that poses a threat to health &safety.
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