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Infection Control
Key Terms
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Antibiotic | A drug the kills certain microbes that cause infection |
| Asepsis | Clean, free of disease producing microbes |
| Pathogen | A microbe that is harmful and can cause an infection |
| Medical Asepsis | Practices that are utilized to prevent the spread of infection |
| NonPathogen | A microbe that does not cause an infection |
| Biohazardous Waste | Items contaminated with blood, body fluids, secretions |
| Carrier | A human or animal that is a reservoir for microbes but does not develop the infection |
| Autoclave | a machine that is used to destroy pathogens |
| Disinfection | the process of killing pathogens |
| Sterile | free of all microbes |
| Immunity | protection against a disease or condition |
| Communicable Disease | a disease that spreads easily |
| Clean | free of pathogens |
| Microorganism | small living thing only seen with a microscope |
| Febrile | With a fever |
| Infection | A disease state resulting from the invasion and growth of microbes in the body |
| Local Infection | A infection in a body part |
| Systemic Infection | An infection that has spread through the body |
| Contamination | The process of becoming unclean |
| Disinfectant | A chemical that can kill pathogens |
| Normal Flora | Microbes that live and grow in a certain body part |
| Reservoir | The environment in which a microbe lives and grows - the host |
| Spore | A bacterium produced by a hard shell |
| Surgical Asepsis | The practices used to remove all microbes - sterile technique |
| Vector | A carrier (animal or insect) that transmits disease |
| Bacteria | One celled organisms that multiply rapidly. May be a pathogen or nonpathogen |
| Viruses | An organism that grows in living cells. These are generally disease producing |
| MDRO | Multi-Drug Resistant Organisms |
| MRSA | Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus |
| Portal of Exit | The way that the pathogen leaves the body |
| Method of Transmission | How the pathogen is transmitted from one host to another |
| Portal of Entry | The way that the pathogen enters the susceptible host |
| Common HAI Sites | Urinary Tract Respiratory System Wounds |
| HAI | Healthcare-Associated Infections |
| Clean Technique | The same as Medical Asepsis |
| Sterile Field | A work area that is free of all pathogens and non pathogens |
| Vaccine | Is given to produce immunity |
| The body system that protects the body from disease and infection | Immune System |
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