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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Airborne precautions | reduce the risk of transmitting dust particles contaminated with infectious organisms |
| Asepsis | the absence of microorganisms |
| Contract precautions | reduce the rick of transmitting pathogens skin to skin or by a contaminated object |
| droplet precautions | designed to minimize the contact or large-particle droplets with the mucous membranes |
| nosocomial infection | hospital acquired |
| sterile conscience | awareness of sterile fields and responsibility to notify others if contamination occurs |
| sterile field | a microorganism free zone |
| sterilization | process of treating items with heat, gas, or chemicals to make them germ free. |
| Virulence factors | characteristics of certain microorganisms that cause them to be pathenogenic |
| Standard precautions | designed to reduce the risk of transmission of unknown pathogens |
| Standard precaution include | blood, all body fluids, secretions and excretions, nonintact skin, mucous membranes |
| Medical asepsis | reducing the probability of transferring infectious organisms to another person |
| Surgical asepsis | destruction of pathogens with chemicals |