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bonewit chapter 2
Medical Asepsis & the OSHA Standards
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| a microorganism that needs oxygen to live and grow. | aerobe |
| a microorganism that grows the best in the absence of oxygen. | anaerobe |
| an agent that inhibits the growth of or kills microorganisms | antiseptic |
| free from infection or pathogen;the actions practiced to make & maintain the area or object free form infection or pathogen. | asepsis |
| slender,hairlike projectiles that constantly beat toward the outside to remove microorganism from the body. | cilia |
| to soil or to make impure.an asepstic object become ''this'' when it touches something that is not clean. | contaminate |
| the use of physical or chemical means to remove, inactivate or destroy pathogenson a surface or iteam to the point where they are no longer capable of transmitting infectious particles. | decontamination |
| the processes of cleaning or sanitizing the hands. | hand hygiene |
| the condition in which the body,or part of it, is invaded by pathogen. | infection |
| the practice that are employed to reduce the number & hinder the transmission of pathogens. | medical asepsis |
| a microscopic plant or animal. | microorganism |
| skin that has a break in the surface. it includes, but is not limited to,abrasions, cuts, hangnails, papercuts, & burns. | nonintact skin |
| a microorganism that does not normally produce disease. | nonpathogen |
| an infection that results from a defective immune system that cannot defend the body from pathogens normally found in the enviroment. | opportunistic infection |
| the temperature at which an organism grows best. | optimum growth temperature |
| taken into the body throught the piercing of the skin barrier or mucous membrane, such as needlestick, human bites, cuts &abrasuons. | parenteral |
| a disease-producing microorganism | pathogen |
| relating to the period shortly before & after birth. | perinatal |
| treatment administered to an individual after exposure to an infectious disease to prevent the disease. | postexposure prophylaxis(PEP) |
| medical waste that poses as a threat to health & safety | regulated medical waste(RMW) |
| the organismthat becomes infected by a patogen & serve as a source of transfer of the pathogen to others. | reservoir host |
| harmless, nonpathogenic microorganisms that normally reside on the skin & usually do not cause disease; also known as normal flora | resident flora |
| easily affected; lackin resistance | susceptible |
| microorganisms that reside on the superfacial skin layer & are picked up in the course of daily activities. they are ofthe pathogenic but can be removed easily from the skin by sanitizing the hand. | transient flora |
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