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Health Occupations
Ch. 10 infection process
| Word / Question | Answer / Definition |
|---|---|
| infection control | to prevent to spread of infectious diseases |
| pathogens | diseasing causing micro-organisms |
| microorganisms | very small, usually one-celled living plants or animals |
| immune response | a specific defense used by the body to fight infection and disease by producing antibodies |
| antibodies | proteins that combat pathogens |
| antibiotic | medications capable of inhibiting the growth of or destroying microorganisms |
| normal flora | microorganisms that reside in a particular environment on or in the body |
| symbiosis | where a host benefits |
| neutralism | where no damange or benefits are given to a host |
| parasitic | damage is done to the host |
| parasite | an organism that nourishes itself at the expense of other living things that causes them damage |
| microbe | microorganism that is pathogenic |
| bacteria | one-celled plants that can be either pathogenic or nonpathogenic |
| viruses | smallest of the microbes, aren't |
| fungi | gruop of simple plants, yeast - one-celled, mold multi-celled |
| rickettsia | <bacteria, rod or spherical shapes |
| protozoa | animal, one-celled, in and on body, decayed materials, feces, diarrhea |
| chain of infection | infectious agent, reservoir host, portal of exit, route of transmission, portal of entry, susceptible host |
| defense mechanisms | cilia, coughing, sneezing, tear, HCl, fever, leukocytes, mucous |
| leukocytes | white blood cells |
| regulatory agencies | Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) |
| asepsis | methods used to make patient, worker, and environment as pathogen-free as possible |
| aseptic techinque | medical asepsis(clean technique), surgical asepsis (sterile technique) |
| breaking chain of infection | handwashing, avoiding contact, good hygiene, gloves |
| Standard Precautions | procedures develpoed by CDC stay away from anything sticky and wet that isn't yours |
| handwash when | coming on duty, taking break, leaving work, between patient contacts, b4 putting on gloves, removing gloves, b4 and after touching face, contact with contaminated |
| transmissions | blood-born, direct contact, indirect contact, droplet |
| antiseptics | mild enough to use on skin |
| disinfectants | don't penetrate skin |
| sterilization | destroy all microorganisms |
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