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nursing terms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| being free of disease-producing microbes | asepsis |
| a human or animal that is a reservoir for microbes but does not have signs and symptoms of infection | carrier |
| clean technique | medical asepsis |
| a disease caused by pathogens that spread easily; a contagious disease. | communicable disease |
| communicable disease | contagious disease |
| the process of becmoming unclean | Contamination |
| process of destroying pathogens | disinfection |
| a disinfectant applied to the skin, tissues,or non-living objects | germicide |
| protection against a certain disease | immunity |
| a disease resulting from the invasion and growth of microbes in the body | infection |
| practices used to remove or destroy pathogens and to prevent their spread from one person or place to another person or place; clean technique | medical asepsis |
| a microorganism | microbe |
| a small(micro)living plant or animal (organism)seen only with a microscope; a microbe | microorganism |
| a microbe that does not usually cause an infection | non-pathogen |
| microbes that live and grow in a certain area | normal flora |
| an infection acquired during a stay in a health agency | nosocomial infection |
| a microbe that is harmful and can cause an infection | pathogen |
| the environment in which a microbe lives and grows | reservoir |
| a bacterium protected by a hard shell | spore |
| that absence of all microbes | sterile |
| a work area free of all pathogens and non-pathogens | sterile field |
| surgical asepsis | sterile technique |
| the process of destroying all nicrobes | sterilization |
| items contaminated with blood,body fluids,secretions,or excretions;bio means life and hazardous means dangerous or harmful | bio hazardous waste |
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