Medical Asepsis & the OSHA Standards
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| a microorganism that needs oxygen to live and grow. | aerobe
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| a microorganism that grows the best in the absence of oxygen. | anaerobe
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| an agent that inhibits the growth of or kills microorganisms | antiseptic
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| free from infection or pathogen;the actions practiced to make & maintain the area or object free form infection or pathogen. | asepsis
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| slender,hairlike projectiles that constantly beat toward the outside to remove microorganism from the body. | cilia
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| to soil or to make impure.an asepstic object become ''this'' when it touches something that is not clean. | contaminate
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| the use of physical or chemical means to remove, inactivate or destroy pathogenson a surface or iteam to the point where they are no longer capable of transmitting infectious particles. | decontamination
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| the processes of cleaning or sanitizing the hands. | hand hygiene
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| the condition in which the body,or part of it, is invaded by pathogen. | infection
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| the practice that are employed to reduce the number & hinder the transmission of pathogens. | medical asepsis
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| a microscopic plant or animal. | microorganism
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| skin that has a break in the surface. it includes, but is not limited to,abrasions, cuts, hangnails, papercuts, & burns. | nonintact skin
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| a microorganism that does not normally produce disease. | nonpathogen
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| an infection that results from a defective immune system that cannot defend the body from pathogens normally found in the enviroment. | opportunistic infection
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| the temperature at which an organism grows best. | optimum growth temperature
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| taken into the body throught the piercing of the skin barrier or mucous membrane, such as needlestick, human bites, cuts &abrasuons. | parenteral
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| a disease-producing microorganism | pathogen
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| relating to the period shortly before & after birth. | perinatal
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| treatment administered to an individual after exposure to an infectious disease to prevent the disease. | postexposure prophylaxis(PEP)
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| medical waste that poses as a threat to health & safety | regulated medical waste(RMW)
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| the organismthat becomes infected by a patogen & serve as a source of transfer of the pathogen to others. | reservoir host
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| harmless, nonpathogenic microorganisms that normally reside on the skin & usually do not cause disease; also known as normal flora | resident flora
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| easily affected; lackin resistance | susceptible
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| microorganisms that reside on the superfacial skin layer & are picked up in the course of daily activities. they are ofthe pathogenic but can be removed easily from the skin by sanitizing the hand. | transient flora
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