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Medical Vocab
Infection
Term | Definition |
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Contagious | Can be spread to other people. |
Chain of Infection | Factors that must be present for an infection to result. |
Reservoirs | Humans, insects, food, and water provide food for microorganisms and allow them to multiply. |
Formites | nonliving materials that house microorganisms. |
Portals of Exit | Escape routes in humans that allow microorganisms to leave. |
Mode of Transmission | The way a disease is passed along. |
Portal of Entry | Means for pathogens to get into the host or environment. |
Host | Something that is capable of becoming or has been infected. |
Immunity | A state of not being susceptible to pathogens. |
Healthcare-Associated Infection (HSI) | When in a health care facility, a patient can get infections unrelated to their illness. |
Surgical Asepsis | Sterilization of any item that penetrates the skin or comes into contact with a normally sterile part of the body. |
Infectious Agent | A pathogen that can cause sickness. |
Medical Asepsis | Reduces the number of pathogens. |
Carrier Host | Hosts that do not show any outward signs or symptoms of a disease but are still capable of transmitting the disease are known as carriers. |