A microorgainism that needs oxygen to live & grow.

A microorganism that grows best in the absence of oxygen.

Free from infection or pathogens; the actions practiced to make & maintain an area or object free from infection or pathogens

Slender, hair like projections that constantly beat toward the outside to remove microorganisms from the body

to soil or to make impure. An aseptic object becomes' 'this' 'when it touches something that is not clean.

The use of physical or chemical means to remove, inactivate, or destroy pathogens on a surface or item to the item to the point where they are no longer capable of transmitting infectious particle's; the surface or item is rendered safe for handling, disp

the process of cleansing or sanitizing the hands.

the condition in which the body, or part of it, is invaded by a pathogen.

Practices that are employed to reduce the number & hinder the transmission of pathogens.

skin that has a break in the in the surface. it includes, but is not limited to abrasions, cuts, hangnails, paper cuts& burns.

A microorganism that does not normally produce disease.

opportunistic infection

An infection that results from a defective immune system that cannot defend the body from pathogens normally found in the environment.

Taken into the body through the piercing of the skin barrier or mucous membranes such as through needle sticks, human bites, cuts and abrasions.

A disease-producing microorganism.

Relating to the period shortly before and after birth

To degree to which a solution is acidic or basic.

Postexposure Prophylaxis (PEP)

treatment admininistered to an individual after exposure to an infectious disease to prevent the disease.

Regulated Medical Waste (RMW)

medical waste that poses a threat to health & safty.

The organism that becomes infected by a pathogen & serves as a source of thransfer of the pathogen to others.

Harmless, nonpathogenic microorganisms that normally reside on the skin & usually do not cause disease; also known as normal flora.

Easily affected; lacking resistance.

Microorganisms that reside on the superficial skin layers & are picked up in the course of daily activities. They are often pathogenic but can be removed easily from the skin by sanitizing the hands.

An agent that inhibits the growth of or kills microorganisms.

Optimum Growth Temperature

The temperature at which an organism grows best.

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Medical Asepsis-osha(KaylonTackett)

Term	Definition
Aerobe	A microorgainism that needs oxygen to live & grow.
Anaerobe	A microorganism that grows best in the absence of oxygen.
Asepsis	Free from infection or pathogens; the actions practiced to make & maintain an area or object free from infection or pathogens
Cilia	Slender, hair like projections that constantly beat toward the outside to remove microorganisms from the body
Contaminate	to soil or to make impure. An aseptic object becomes' 'this' 'when it touches something that is not clean.
Deccontaminate	The use of physical or chemical means to remove, inactivate, or destroy pathogens on a surface or item to the item to the point where they are no longer capable of transmitting infectious particle's; the surface or item is rendered safe for handling, disp
Hand Hygiene	the process of cleansing or sanitizing the hands.
Infection	the condition in which the body, or part of it, is invaded by a pathogen.
medical Asepsis	Practices that are employed to reduce the number & hinder the transmission of pathogens.
Microorganis(MO)	A microscopic plant or animal
Nonintact skin	skin that has a break in the in the surface. it includes, but is not limited to abrasions, cuts, hangnails, paper cuts& burns.
NonPathogen	A microorganism that does not normally produce disease.
opportunistic infection	An infection that results from a defective immune system that cannot defend the body from pathogens normally found in the environment.
Parentral	Taken into the body through the piercing of the skin barrier or mucous membranes such as through needle sticks, human bites, cuts and abrasions.
Pathogen	A disease-producing microorganism.
Perinatal	Relating to the period shortly before and after birth
PH	To degree to which a solution is acidic or basic.
Postexposure Prophylaxis (PEP)	treatment admininistered to an individual after exposure to an infectious disease to prevent the disease.
Regulated Medical Waste (RMW)	medical waste that poses a threat to health & safty.
Reservoir Host	The organism that becomes infected by a pathogen & serves as a source of thransfer of the pathogen to others.
Resident Flora	Harmless, nonpathogenic microorganisms that normally reside on the skin & usually do not cause disease; also known as normal flora.
Susceptible	Easily affected; lacking resistance.
Transient Flora	Microorganisms that reside on the superficial skin layers & are picked up in the course of daily activities. They are often pathogenic but can be removed easily from the skin by sanitizing the hands.
Antiseptic	An agent that inhibits the growth of or kills microorganisms.
Optimum Growth Temperature	The temperature at which an organism grows best.

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