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7 Infection Control
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The invasion and multiplication of disease-producing organisms in the body | infection |
| Hazard to humans or the environment resulting from biological agents or conditions | biohazard |
| An agent, usually insect or animal, able to carry pathogens from one organism to another | vector |
| Any object that can transmit infectious agents from one person to another | fomite |
| Agent that kills microorganisms | disinfectant |
| The state of not being susceptible | immune |
| Tending to penetrate healthy tissue | invasive |
| Originating in the hospital | nosocomial |
| Ultramicroscopic infectious agent that replicates itself only within cells of living hosts | virus |
| Capable of being affected or infected | susceptible |
| Period between infection and clinical manifestation of disease | incubation |
| The period of recovery after the termination of a disease | convalescence |
| A plantlike living organism lacking chlorophyll and usually producing spores | fungus |
| In a condition of biological rest or suspended animation | dormant |
| Short hair-like structures protruding from the cell membrane, used in locomotion | cilia |
| Organism that can cause disease in another organism | pathogen |
| The state of being free of pathogenic organisms | asepsis |
| An organism that transmits a disease-causing pathogen | vector |
| To make impure or unclean by contact or mixture | contaminate |
| Agent that kills microorganisms | germicide |
| The state of not being susceptible | immune |
| Period between infection and clinical manifestation of disease | incubation |
| The spread of an organism | transmission |
| The invasion and multiplication of disease-producing organisms in the body | infection |
| A plantlike microbe that reproduces by spore formation | fungus |
| An agent that can inhibit the growth of disease causing micro-organisms | antiseptic |
| Any inanimate object that can transmit infectious agents from one person to another | fomite |
| Ultramicroscopic infectious agent that replicates itself only within cells of living hosts | virus |
| A single-celled or colonial organism that lives primarily by ingesting food | protozoa |
| Capable of being transmitted by infection | communicable |
| In a condition of biological rest or suspended animation | dormant |
| A procedure that kills all microorganisms including spores | sterilization |
| Capable of being affected or infected | susceptible |
| Long whip-like structures used in cellular locomotion | flagella |
| Temporary outgrowth used by some microorganisms as an organ of feeding or locomotion | pseudopod (false foot) |
| Virus that causes chicken pox | varicella |
| Often called the “flu”, an acute febrile highly contagious viral disease of the respiratory tract | influenza |
| An infectious agent that is composed primarily of protein that is very resilient | prion |
| A kind of microorganism that is between a virus and a bacterium; parasitic within the cells of insects and ticks | rickettsia |
| A parasitic roundworm or flatworm | helminth |
| Infective: able to cause disease | pathogenic |
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