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Asepsis
Asepsis and Sterile Technique Terminology
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Antiseptic | substance commonly used on living tissue to inhibit the growth and reproduction of microbes to prevent infection |
| Asepsis | absence of microbes, infection |
| Bacteriocidal | substance that controls/kills bacteria |
| Bacteriostatic | substance that restrains the further development and reproduction of bacteria |
| Bioburden | the number of microbes or amount of organic debris on an object at any given time |
| Contamination | the presence of pathogenic materials |
| Cross-contamination | the contamination of a person or object by another |
| Decontamination | to reduce to an irreducible minimum the presence of pathogenic material |
| Disinfectant | chemical agent that kills most microbes, but usually not spores; usually used on inanimate objects because these compounds are too strong to be used on living tissues. |
| Fomite | an inanimate object on which pathogens may be conveyed |
| Fungicide | agent that destroys fungus |
| Infection | the invasion of the human body or tissue by pathogenic microorganisms that reproduce and multiply, causing disease |
| Nosocomial | an infection acquired within a health care setting |
| Pathogen | any microbe capable of causing a disease |
| Resident flora | microbes that normally reside below the skin surface or within the body |
| Sepsis | infection, usually accompanied by fever, that results in the presence of pathogenic microorganisms |
| Spore | a resistant form of certain types of bacteria, able to survive in adverse conditions |
| Sporicidal | substance that kills/destroys bateria in the spore stage |
| Sterile | item(s) that has been rendered free of all living microorganisms, including spores |
| Sterile field | specified area, usually the are immediately around the patient that is considered to be free of microorganisms |
| Sterile technique | methods used to prevent contamination of the sterile field by microorganisms; protection of the patient against infection causing microbes preoperatively, intraoperatively, and postoperatively |
| Sterility, event related | sterility determined by how a package is handled rather than time elapsed; package is considered sterile until opened or integrity of packaging material is damaged |
| Sterilization | the destruction of all microorganisms, including spores, on inanimate surfaces; the destruction of all microorganisms in or about an object, as by steam, chemical agents, high-velocity electron bombardment, or ultraviolet light radiation. |
| Strike-through contamination | contamination of a sterile field that occur through the passage of fluid through or a puncture in a microbial barrier |
| Surgically clean | items mechanically cleaned and chemically disinfected but not sterile |
| Terminal disinfection | to render items safe to handle by high-level disinfection |
| Transient flora | microbes that reside on the skin surface and are easily removed |
| Vector | a living character that transmits disease |
| Virucide | agent that destroys viruses |
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