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Milady Cosmetology 5
Infection control
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| what does MSDS stand for? | Material Safety Data Sheet |
| What does MSDS provide? | useful disposal guidelines and medical and first aid information |
| What does EPA stand for? | Environmental protection agency |
| What does EPA do? | Registers all types of disinfectants sold in the United States |
| What are Disinfectants? | Chemical product that destroy all bacteria, fungi, and viruses on surfaces |
| State Regulatory Agencies stand for what? | To protect professionals and costumers. they include licensing agencies, state board of cosmetology, commissions, and health department. |
| Laws are also known as what? | Statutes |
| Infection is? | The invasion of the body tissue by disease causing pathogens |
| Bacteria | Are one celled microorganisms that have both plant and animal characteristics |
| Microorganism | Is any organism of microscopic or submicroscopic size |
| Types of Bacteria | Pathogenic and Nonpahtogenic |
| Pathogenic | Bacteria that is harmful |
| Nonpathogenic | Bacteria that is harmless |
| What Pathogenic bacteria rarely moves? | Cocci |
| Motility | Self movement |
| Bacteria consist of an outer cell wall that contains liquid called? | Protoplasm |
| The life cycle of bacteria consists of two distinct phases that are? | The active stage and the inactive stage or spore forming |
| Inflammation | A condition in which the body reacts to injury, irritation, or infection. Characterized as redness, heat, pain, and swelling |
| Pus | A fluid created by infection |
| Local Infection | Confined to a particular part of the body |
| Contagious disease (communicable disease) | When a disease spreads from one person to another person |
| Virus | Parasitic submicroscopic particle that infects and resides in the cell of a biological organism |
| Bloodborne Pathogens | Disease-causing microorganism that are carried in the body by blood or body fluids, such as hepatitis and HIV |
| Hepatitis | Bloodborne virus that causes disease and can damage the liver |
| Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) | is the virus that causes acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) |
| Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) | A desease that breaks down the body's immune system |
| Fungi | Microscopic plant parasites that include molds, mildews, and yeasts. They can produce contagious diseases such as ringworm |
| Mildew | Another fungus affects plants or grows on inanimate objects but does not cause human infection |
| Tinea Pedis | A ringworm fungus on the foot |
| Parasites | Organisms that grow, feed, and shelter on or in another organism. Host |
| Scabies | A contagious skin disease and is caused by the itch mite, which burrows under the skin |
| Immunity | The ability of the body to destroy and resist infection |
| Natural Immunity | Partly inherited and partly developed through healthy living |
| Acquired Immunity | Immunity that the body develops after overcoming a disease |
| There are three ways to clean your tools or implements. What are they? | 1) Washing with soap and warm water, then scrubbing them with a clean and properly disinfect nail brush. 2) Using an ultrasonic unit. 3) Using a cleaning solvent (on metal bits for electric files) |
| Allergy | A reaction to extreme sensitivity to certain foods, chemicals, or other normally harmless substance |
| Efficacy | Effectiveness with which a disinfecting solution kills organisms when used according to the label instructions |
| Quaternary ammonium compound also know as quats | Disinfectants that are very effective when used properly |
| Phenolic disinfectants | Can be harmful to the environment if put down the drain |
| Bleach | household bleach, 5.25 percent sodium hypochlorite is an effective and has been used extensively as a disinfectant |
| Single-use | Must be throne away after each use |
| Multiuse | Can be reused |
| Universal Precautions | Guidelines published by OSHA that require the employer and employee to assume that all human blood and body fluids are infectious for bloodborne pathogens. |
| What is OSHA? | To regulate and enforce safety and health standards. |
| Antiseptics | Chemical germicides formulated for use on skin. never use to disinfect instruments or other surfaces |
| Disinfectants | Chemical products that destroy all Bacteria, Fungi, and Viruses (but not spores) on surfaces |
| Bacilli | Short rod-shaped, they are the most common bacteria |
| Sterilization | The process that completely destroys microbial life, including spores |
| Spirilla | Spiral or corkscrew shaped bacteria, they are subdivided into subgroups |
| Bioburden | The number or organisms on anything before sterilization |
| Toxins | Various poisonous substance produced by some microorganisms (bacteria and viruses) |
| Cocci | Round shape bacteria that appear singly alone or in groups. Not active |
| Sodium Hypochlorite | Bleach |