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Working Environment
Chapter 2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| gatch | handle or rank used to raise and lower the bed, head, or foot of bed |
| postural support | soft protective device or restraint used to protect a resident from injury |
| incident report | written description report |
| body mechanics | special ways of standing and moving one's body |
| gravity | attraction that the earth has for an object on or near its surface |
| center of gravity | place where the builk or mass of an object is centered. |
| base of support | foundation of an object or person(ex: our feet) |
| spontaneous combustion | ignition of burnable material caused by a chemical reaction |
| organism | any living thing |
| microorganism | tiny living things seen only with a microscope |
| pathogenic | causing disease |
| nonpathogenic | not capable of producing disease |
| infection | invasion of the body by a disease producing organism |
| aseptic | free of microorganism |
| incidence | number of occurrences |
| classification of microorganism/six major microorganism known to cause disease in humans | 1)bacteria 2)viruses 3)fungi(including yeast and mold) 4)protozoa 5)rickettsia 6)parasitic worms |
| culture | specimen of body tissue or fluids kept under special laboratory condition to detect if microorganism is there |
| cross-infection | acquiring an infection from someone else |
| reinfection | invasion of the body by a disease-producing organism |
| environmental control | means of providing a safe environment that is as free as possible of pathogenic organisms |
| isolation | to separate or set apart |
| disinfection | process of killing most microorganism |
| sterilization | process of killing all microorganism |
| dirty | contaminated, used, or exposed to disease producing organism |
| standard precautions | a system of precautions to be used in the care of all residents in order to prevent the spread of disease |
| transmission-based precautions | a group of infection control methods based on the way a particular disease is spread |
| communicable conditions | disease and infections that spread from one person to another |
| isolation techniques | safety measure to prevent spread of communicable conditions |
| contract transmission | passing on microorganisms by touch; may be touching of objects or an infected person |
| droplet transmission | passing on microorganisms through droplets produced during activities like coughing, sneezing, and talking |
| airborne transmission | passing on microorganisms through the air |
| tuberculosis (TB) | an infectious disease that commonly attacks the lungs and is usually spread by contact with the sputum of an infected person |
| infection of TB means | the bacilli are present, there are no symptoms, the person is not contagious, the person will test positively wehn a skin test is given |
| AIDS stands for? | acquired immune deficiency syndrome) |
| What is AIDS | a condition in which the body's immune system is damaged by attack from virus (HIV) |
| opportunistic infections | occurs when organisms take advantage of a diseased immune system |
| jaundice | a yellow coloring of skin and white portion of the eye caused by substances bilirubin, which is secreted by the liver |
| scabies | a disease caused by mites that burrow under the skin |
| dermatologist | a physician who specializes in the diseased of the skin |
| incontinent | no control over bowel and bladder function |
| prosthesis | artificial replacement for a body part such as a limb or eye |
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