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NRN 101 - Ch 27

Fundamentals of Nursing

QuestionAnswer
Aerobic require O2
Anaerobic without O2
Antibody Body response to antigen
Antigen Foreign Material
Antimicrobial Antibacterial
Asepsis prevent or break chain or infection
Bacteria Infection-causing agents
Disinfection destroys pathogens except spores
Endogenous organism comes from microbial life harbored in person
Exogenous organism aquired from other people
Fungi plant-like organisms
Healthcare-Associated infection those aquired in healthcare setting
Host acceptable source
Iatrogenic infection resulting from treatment or diagnostic procedure
infection disease caused by pathogens
isolation protective procedure to limit spread of infection
medical asepsis clean technique
nosocomial something originating or taking place in a hospital
pathogens disease-producing microrganisms
reservoir natural habitat
Standard Precautions precautions used in care of all hspitalized individuals
Sterilization destroys all microrganisms including spores
Surgical Asepsis sterile technique
Transmission-based precautions precautions used in addition to standard precautions
vector nonhuman carriers who transmit organisms
virulence ability to cause disease
virus smallest microrganism
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