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1 - October 9, 2011
Introduction to Patient Care Terminology
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| aerobe | an organism that requires oxygen to live |
| anaerobe | an organism that does not require oxygen to live or requires the absence of oxygen |
| antiseptic | an agent that inhibits the growth of some microorganisms on skin or tissue |
| autoclave | an apparatus that sterilizes, using steam under pressure |
| bacteriostatic agent | an agent that prevents the growth and reproduction of some microorganisms |
| carrier | a person who carries pathogens but is not ill |
| contaminated | possessing pathogenic organisms |
| disinfectant | a chemical agent that inhibits the growth or reproduction of microorganisms on inanimate enviromental surfaces |
| fomite | an inanimate object that can harbor pathogenic microorganisms |
| infection | the disease process produced by microorganisms of the toxins they produce |
| medical asepsis | practices that limit the transmission of microorganisms; also called clean technique |
| microorganism | a tiny living body visible only under a microscope |
| nonpathogen | a microogranism that does not produce disease under usual conditons |
| nosocomial | associated with or originating in a hospital or similar institution, eg, a nosocomial infection |
| pathogen | a microorganism that produces disease in most circumstances |
| phagocyte | a cell, eg, a white blood cell, that ingests microorganisms, other cells and foreign particles |
| phagocytosis | the process by which cells engulf microorganisms, other cells, or foreign particles |
| spore | a round or oval structure resistant to destruction that is formed by some bacterial cells as part of the reproductive process |
| sterilization | a process that destroys all microorganisms, including spores |
| surgical asepsis | measures that render and maintain objects free from all microorganisms; also known as sterile technique or asepsis |
| vector | animals or insects that may carry and transmit microorganisms |
| virulence | ability to produce disease |
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