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vocab infection wk4
vocab infection control wk 4
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| universal precautions | guidelines recommended by the center for disease control to prevent the transmission of blood pathogens |
| mixed infections | one caused by more than one organism |
| pathogens | disease causing microorganism |
| fomites | inanimate objects which are freshly contaminated with secretions or excretions from infected person or carrier |
| terminal sterilization | process of sterilizing articles after they have been used and before putting into circulation again |
| vector | animal, especially an insect that transmit pathogens from infected to non-infected individuals |
| surgically clean | not sterile, but as clean as possible |
| decontamination | process of removing organisms from articles, rooms, and linens after use to make safe to handle |
| infection | invasion of the body by pathogens and the reaction of the tissue to their presence and their toxins |
| sputum | substance expelled by coughing or clearing throat |
| contamination | tansmission of microorganisms from person to person or from object to person; vice versa |
| opportunistic microorganism | microorganism that don't normally invade tissue but that are capable of causing infection or disease when introduced mechanically or when host reistance is lowered |
| sanitation | destruction of bacteria through good cleaning processes or possibly by boiling in water |
| medium | agent through which microorganisms are transmitted |
| droplet nuclei | very small masses of liquid carried in a spray from the nose or mouth which evaporated before settling and remain suspended in the air |
| virulence | relative power of a pathogen to cause disease |
| communicable | refers to a disease capable of being transmitted more or less rapidly to other persons; contagious |
| sexually transmitted disease | disease acquired as a result of sexual intercourse with an infected individual |
| carriers | person who harbors or pathogens without being sick themselves and who shed organisms into the environment |
| primary infection | first or original infection |
| epidemiology | division of medical science concerned with defining and explaining the interrelationship of the host, agent and environment causing disease |
| asepsis | absence of pathogen |
| secondary infection | one which follows or complicates the orignal disease |
| purulent | forming or containing pus, suppurative |
| aseptic technique | involves procedures that render and maintain an object or area completely free of pathogens |
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