Medical Aspesis & the OSHA Standard -Libby
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| A microorganism that needs oxygen to live and grow | Aerobe
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| A microorganism that grows best in the absence of oxygen | Anaerobe
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| An agent that inhibits the growth of or kill microorganisms | Antiseptic
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| Free from infection or pathogens | Asepsis
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| Slender hairlike projections that constantly beat toward the outside to remove microorganisms from the body | Cilia
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| To soil or make impure | Contaminate
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| The use of physical or chemical means to remove, inactivate, or destroy pathogens on a surface or item to the point where they are no longer capable of transmitting infectious particles | Decontamination
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| The process of cleansing or sanitizing the hands | Hand Hygiene
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| The condition in which the body, or part of it, is invaded by a pathogen | Infection
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| Practices that are employed to reduce the number and hinder the transmission of pathogens | Medical asepsis
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| A microscopic plant of animal | Microorganism
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| Skin that has a break in the surface | Nonintact skin
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| A microorganism that does not normally produce disease | Nonpathogen
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| An infection that results from defective immune system that cannot defend the body from pathogens normally found in the environment | Opportunistic infection
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| The temp at which an organism grows best | Optimum growth temperature
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| Taken into the body through piercing of the skin barrier or mucous membranes | Parenteral
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| A disease-producing microorganism | Pathogen
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| Relating to the period shortly before and after birth | Perinatal
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| The degree to which a solution is acidic or basic | pH
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| Treatment administered to an individual after exposure to an infectious disease to prevent disease | Postexposure prophylaxis
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| Medical waste that poses a threat to health and safety | Regulated medical waste
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| The organism that becomes infected by a pathogen and serves as a source of transfer of the pathogen to others | Reservoir host
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| Harmless, nonpathogenic microorgansim that normally reside on the skin and usually do not cause disease | Resident flora
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| Easily affected | Susceptible
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| Microorganisms that reside on the superficial skin layers and are picked up in the course of daily activities | Transient flora
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