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vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Acquired immunity | Immunity that is developed during a person's lifetime. |
| Acute infection | An infection of short duration that is often severe |
| Anaphylaxis | Extreme hypersensitivity to a substance that can lead to shock and life threatening respiratory collapse |
| Artificially acquired immunity | Immunity that results from a vaccination |
| Blood-borne disease | Disease that is caused by microorganisms such as viruses or bacteria that are carried in blood. |
| Blood-borne pathogens | Disease-causing organisms transferred through contact with blood or other body fluids. |
| Chain of infection | conditions that all must be present for infection to occur |
| Chronic infection | An infection of long duration |
| Communicable disease | condition caused by an infection that can be spread from person to person or through contact with body fluids. |
| Contaminated Waste | Items such as gloves and patient napkins that may contain potentially infectious body fluids of patients. |
| Direct contact | Touching or contact with patients blood or salvia |
| Droplet infection | An infection that occurs through mucosal surfaces of the eyes, nose or mouth. |
| Epidemiologic | Studies of the patterns and causes of diseases |
| Hazardous waste | waste that poses a danger to humans or to the environment |
| immunity | ability of the body to resist disease |
| indirect contact | |
| Infection control | |
| Infection prevention | |
| infection disease | |
| infectious waste | |
| latent infection | |
| Naturally acquired immunity | |
| Occupational exposure | |
| OSHA blood- borne pathogens standard | |
| Pathogen | |
| Percutaneous | |
| Permucosal | |
| Personal protective equipment | |
| sharps | |
| Standard Precautions | |
| Universal Precautions | |
| Virulence | |
| Antiseptic | |
| Bioburden | |
| Broad spectrum activity | |
| Chlorine dioxide | |
| Clinical contact surface | |
| Disinfectant | |
| Environmental surface | |
| Fungicidal | |
| Glutaraldehyde | |
| Greener infection control | |
| High level disinfectant | |
| Hospital disinfectant | |
| housekeeping surface | |
| Immersion disinfectant | |
| Intermediate level disinfectant | |
| Iodophor | |
| Liquid sterilant | |
| Low level disinfectant | |
| Precleaning | |
| Residual activity | |
| Reuse life | |
| shelf life | |
| Single use items | |
| Sodium Hypochlorite | |
| Splash, spatter and droplet surface | |
| Sporicidal | |
| Sterilization | |
| Surface barrier | |
| Synthetic Phenol | |
| Touch surface | |
| Transfer surface | |
| Tuberculocidal | |
| Virucidal | |
| Autoclave | |
| Biologic indicators | |
| biologic monitoring | |
| Chemical vapor sterilization | |
| Clean area | |
| Contaminated area | |
| Critical instrument | |
| Dry heat sterilization | |
| Endospore | |
| Event related packaging | |
| Multiparameter indicators | |
| Noncritical instrument | |
| Process indicators | |
| Safety data sheet | |
| Semicritical instrument | |
| single parameter indicators | |
| Ultrasonic cleaner | |
| Use life | |
| Wicking |
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