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Antibiotic A drug that kills certain microbes that cause infection
Antisepsis The processes, procedures, and chemical treatments that kill microbes or prevent them from causing an infection
Asepsis The absence of a disease-producing microbes
Biohazardous waste Items contaminated with blood, body fluids, secretions, or excretions
Carrier A human or animal that is a reservoir for microbes but does not develop the infection
Clean technique See "medical asepsis"
Communicable disease A disease caused b pathogens that spread easily
Contagious disease See "communicable disease"
Contamination The process of becoming unclean
Cross-contamination Passing microbes from 1 person to another by contaminated hands, equipment, or supplues
Disinfectant A liquid chemical that can kill many or all pathogens except spores
Disinfection The process of killing pathogens
Healthcare-associated infection An infection that develops in a person cared for in any setting where health care is given
Immunity Protection against a certain disease
Infection A disease state resulting from the invasion and growth of microbes in the body
Infection control Practices and procedures that prevent the spread of infection
Medical asepsis Practices used to reduce the number of microbes and prevent their spread from 1 person or place to another person or place
Microbe see "microorganism"
Microorganism A small living thing seen only with a microscope
Non-pathogen A microbe that does not usually cause an infection
Normal flora Microbes that live and grow in a certain area
Pathogen A microbe that is harmful and can cause an infection
Reservoir The environment in which a microbe lives and grows
spore A bacterium protected by a hard shell
sterile the absence of all microbes
sterile field a work area free of all pathogens and non-pathogens
sterile technique see "surgical asepsis"
sterilization the process of destroying all microbes
surgical asepsis the practices used to remove all microbes
Vaccination Giving a vaccine to produce immunity against an infectious disease
vaccine a preparation containing dead or weakened microbes
vector a carrier that transmits disease
vehicle any substance that transmits microbes
AIDS Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
CDC Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
cm centimeter
EPA environmental protection agency
GI gastro-intestinal
HAI Healthcare-associated infection
HBV Hepatitis B virus
HIV Human immunodeficiency virus
MDRO Multidrug-resistant organism
MRSA Methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus
OPIM other potentially infectious materials
OSHA Occupation safety and health adminitration
PPE Personal protective equipment
TB Tuberculosis
VRE Vancomycin-resistant enterococci
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