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| asepsis | being free of disease-producing microbes
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| autoclave | a pressure steam sterilizer
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| biohazardous waste | items contaminated with blood, body fluids, secretions, and excretions and that may be harmful to others; bio means life, and hazardous means dangerous or harmful
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| carrier | a human or animal that is a reservoir for microbes but does not have signs and symptoms of infection
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| clean technique | medical asepsis
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| communicable disease | a disease caused by pathogens that spread easily; a contagious disease
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| contagious disease | communicable disease
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| contamination | the process of becoming unclean
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| disinfection | the process of destroying pathogens
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| immunity | protection against a certain disease
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| infection | a disease state resulting from the invasion and growth of microrganisms in the body
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| medical asepsis | the practices used to remove or destroy pathogens and to prevent their spread from one person or place to another person or place; clean technique
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| microbe | a microorganism
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| microorganism | a small (micro) living plant or animal (organism) seen only with a microscope; a microbe
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| nonpathogen | a microbe that usually does not cause an infection
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| normal flora | microbes that usually live and grow in a certain location
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| nosocomial infection | an infection acquired during a stay in a health care agency
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| pathogen | a microbe that is harmful and can cause an infection
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| personal protective equipment | special clothing or equipment worn to protect against a hazard
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| reservoir | the environment in which a microbe lives and grows
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| spore | a bacterium protected by a hard shell that forms around the microbe
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| sterile | the absence of all microbes
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| sterile field | a work area free of all pathogens and nonpathogens (including spores)
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| sterile technique | surgical asepsis
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| sterilization | the process of destroying all microbes
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| surgical asepsis | the practices that keep equipment and supplies free of all microbes; sterile technique
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| vaccination | the administration of a vaccine to produce immunity
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| vaccine | a preparation that contains dead or weakened microbes and is given to produce immunity against an infectious disease
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