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vocab law wk3
vocab law and ethics week 3
Question | Answer |
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asepsis | absence of pathogens |
aseptic technique | procedures, which render and maintain an object or area completely free of pathogens |
contaminate | introduce microorganisms to a sterile field; transmission of microorganisms from person to person or object to person |
dermis | deep layer of skin, containing sebaceous and sweat glands, blood vessels, nerves, and hair roots |
epidermis | outer layer of skin, which varies in thickness |
infection | invasion of the body by disease-producing microorganisms and the reaction of the tissues to their presence and their toxins |
modes of contamination | ways by which infecting organisms are transmitted to sterile objects |
nonsterile | presence of microorganisms |
normal flora | bacterial population peculiar to a particular body location; made up of transient and resident flora |
pathogens | microorganisms capable of producing disease |
resident flora | bacteria, normally present below the skin surface in sebaceaus glands and hair follicles; usually harmless to host but may be pathogenic to others |
sterile | free of all microorganisms |
sterile field | area around operative site including furniture covered with sterile drapes and members of the surgical team properly attired |
strike- through contamination | transmission of microorganisms to a sterile field by moisture that has penetrated the sterile barrier |
subungal area | area under fingernails |
surgical conscience | individuals inner awareness of aseptic principles and adherence to aseptic technique in all situations; professional honesty |
surgical scrub | process of reducing the number of microorganisms fromt he hands and arms to a safe level before participating in an operative procedure |
surgically clean | condition of skin; exists immediately following the surgical scrub in which bacterial flora has been reduced to be within safe limits; transient flora is reduced, but resident flora is not affected |
transient flora | organisms present on the epidermis which have been picked up through contact with other objects; easily removed by scrubbing |