Question | Answer |
AEROBE | Organism able to survive and grow only in the PRESENCE of oxygen |
ANAEROBE | Organisim that survices and grows in the ABSENCE of oxygen |
ASEPSIS | Practice of maintaining a pathogen-controlled enviroment to prevent the spread of illness and disease also known as STERILE TECHNIQUE |
BACTERICIDAL | Capable of killing or destroying bacteria |
Bloodborne Pathogens | Pathogens carried in the bloodstream |
BSI-Body Substance Isolation | Procedures, equipment and supplies used to prevent the transimission of communicable disease by preventing direct contact with all body substances such as blood,body fulids,drainage from wounds, feces, urine, sputum, and saliva |
Carrier | Person who has the capacity to transmit of disease and is usually unaware of infection |
CDC - Center for Disease Control | Agency of the Public Health Operating Division of the US Department of Health and Human Services that studies and monitors disease and disease prevention and works to protect public health and safety |
Cilla | Hairlike processes projecting from the epithelial cells |
Contamination | Making a sterile field unclean or having pathogens placed in it |
Dermis | Middle layer of the skin |
Epidermis | outermost layer of the skin |
Epithelial | Pertaining to the epithelium (cells covering the external and internal surfaces of the body) |
Follicle | Small hollow or cavity with secretory functions (eg hair follicl, ovarian follicle,gastric folloile, etc.) |
Fomites | Nonliving objects that may transmit infectious material |
Homeostasis | Interactions between body systemsthat maintains optimum body function |
Immunity | Ability to resist disease |
Incubation | Period of time between exposure to infection and the appearance of symptoms |
Infection | Invasions of the body by a pathogenic microorganism |
Integumentary | Pertaining to the skin, hair, and nails |
Keratinocyte | Any skin cell that produces keratin, the hard protein material found in the skin, hair and nailes |
Medical Asepsis | The practice of reducing the number of pathogens and the transmission of disease; AKA Clean Technique |
Microorganism | Organism than can be viewed under a microscope, but not by the naked eye |
Nonpathogen | Harmless organism that does not cause disease |
nosocomial infection | Infection resulting from the hospitalization of a patient |
PPE - Personal Protective Equipment | Protective clothing and equipment such as gloves,gowns,and masks that are one to prevent contamination by blood and others body fluids |
Phagocytosis | The engulfing and destruction of microorganisms of foreign matter by phagocytic cells |
Prodromal | Period between earliest symptoms and appearance of physical sign, such as fever or rash |
Standard Precautions | Precautions that replace body substance isolation and universal precautions in institutional health care settings such as hospitals and nursing homes; |
Sterile | Free from pathogens and all microorganisms |
Supcutaneous Tissue | Deepest layer of the skin |
Transmission Based Precautions | Based on symptoms of diseases and transmissions method of the pathogen; such as contact, droplet, air, vector, or common vehicle |
Universal Precautions | The CDC's orginal guidelines for preventing the transmission of AIDs and other blood-borne diseases |