Bonewit chap 2
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| microorganism that needs oxygen to live and grow | aerobe
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| microorganism that grows 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 pathogens the actions practiced to make and maintain an area or object free from infection or pathogens | asepsis
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| slender hairlike projections that constantly beat toward the outside to remove microorganisms from the body | cilia
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| to soil or to make impure. an aseptic object is contaminated when it touches something that is not clean | contamination
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| use of physical or chemical means to remove inactivate or destroy pathogens on a surface or item to the point where they are no longer capable of transmitting infectious particles | decontamination
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| the process of cleansing or sanitizing the hands | hand hygiene
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| the condition on which the body or part of it is invaded by a pathogen | infection
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| practices that are employed to reduce the number and hinder by a pathogens | medical asepsis
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| a microsopic plant or aniamal | microorganism
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| skin that has a break in the surface. it includes but is not limited to abrasions cuts handnails paper cuts and burns | nonintact skin
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| microorganism that does not normally produce disease | nonpathogen
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| an infection that results from a defective immune system that connot defend the body from pathogens normally found in the enviroment | opportunistic infection
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| the temp at which an organism grows best at | optimum growth temperture
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| taken into the body through the piercing of the skin barrier or mucous membranes such as through needlesticks human bites cuts and abrasions | parentral
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| a disease producing microorganism | pathogen
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| realating to the period shortly before and after birth | perinatal
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| the degree to which a solution is acidic or basic | pH
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| treatment administred to an individual after exposure to an infectious disease to prevent the disease | postexposure prophylaxis (pep)
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| medical waste that poses a threat to health and safety | regulated medical waste (RMW)
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| the organism that becomes infected by a pathogen and serves as a source of transfer of pathogen to others | reservoir host
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| easily affected; lacking resisrance | susceptible
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| harmless, nonpathogenic microorganisms that normally reside on the skin and usually do not cause disease. | resident flora
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| microorganism that reside on the superficial skin layers and are picked up in the course of daily activites they are often pathogenic but can be removed easily from the skin by sanitizing the hands | transient flora
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