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Bonwit chapter 2
Medical Asepisis
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Aerobe | A microorganism that needs oxygen to live and grow. |
| Anaerobe | A microorganism that grows best in the absence of oxygen. |
| Antiseptic | Anagent that inhibits the growth of or kills microorganisms. |
| Asepsis | Free from infections or patheogens;the actions practiced to make and maintain an area or object free from infection or pathogens. |
| cilia | Slender hairlike projections that constantly beat towards the outside to remove microorganisms from the body. |
| Contaminate | to soil or make impure. |
| Hand hygiene | The process of cleansing or sanitizing the hands. |
| Infection | The condition in which the body,or part of it,is invaded by a pathogen. |
| Medical asepsis | Practices that are employed to reduce the number and hinder the transmission of patheogens. |
| Microorganisms | A microscopicplant or animal. |
| Nonintact skin | Skin that has a break in the surface. |
| Nonpathogen | A microorganism that does not normally produce disease. |
| Opportunistic infection | An infection that results from a defective immune system that cannot defend the body from pathogens normally found in the enviorment. |
| Optimum growth tempature | The tempature at which an organism grows best. |
| Parenteral | Taken into the body through the piercing of the skin barrier or mucous membranes,such as through needlesticks,human bites,cuts,and abrasions. |
| Pathogen | A disease producing microorganism. |
| Perinatal | Relating to the period shortly before and after birth. |
| pH | The degree to which a solution is acidic or basic. |
| Postexposure prophylaxis | Treatment administerd to an individual after exposure to an infectious disease to prevent the disease. |
| Regulated medical waste | Medical waste that poses as a threat to health and safety. |
| Reservoir host | The organism that becomes infected by a pathogen and serves as the source of transfer of the pathogen to others. |
| Resident flora | Harmless,nonpathogenic microorganisms that normally cause disease.Also known as normal flora. |
| Susceptible | Easily affected;lackig resistance. |
| Transient flora | Microorganisms that reside on the superficial skin layers and are picked up through daily activities. |
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justine whitley
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