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BASIC NA TERMS
UNIT 3
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Δ | change |
| as desired | ad lib |
| being free of disease causing organisms | asepsis |
| a kind of microorganism | bacteria |
| complains of | c/o |
| a disease that is easily spread form one person to another | communicable |
| continuous or contnue | cont |
| when an object or area becomes unclean | contaminatino |
| process of destroying MOST disease causing organisms | disinfection |
| water | H2O |
| hepatitis B virus | HBV |
| human immune defeciency virus; the virus that causes AIDS | HIV |
| a conditino in body where germs or pathogens have multiplied and destroyed cells | infection |
| procedure for caring for residents with communicable diseases so that the disease is not spread to tohers | isolation |
| labratory | lab |
| smallest organism; can't be seem witht he naked eye | microorganism |
| a living thing | organism |
| Occupational Safety and Health Administration | OSHA |
| microbes that are normal to one part of the body but become pathogenic in another part of the body | opportunistic microbes |
| a disease causing microorganism or germ | pathogen |
| when necessary or needed | prn |
| process for destroying ALL microorganisms | sterilization |