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Medical Aspesis And The OSHA Standards-Candace Oty

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Aerobe   A microorganism the needs oxygen to live and grow.  
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Anaerobe   A microorganism the grows best in the absents of oxygen.  
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Antiseptic   An agent that inhibits the growth of or kills microorganisms.  
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Asepsis   Free from infection or pathogens; the action practiced to make and maintain an area or object free from infection and pathogen.  
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Cilia   Slender, hairlike projections that constantly beat toward the outside to remove microorganisms from the body.  
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Contamination   To soil or to make impure. An aspetic object is contaminated when it touches something that is not clean.  
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Decontaminated t   The use of physical or chemical means to remove, inactive, or destroy pathogens on a surface or item to the point where they are no longer capable to transmitting infectious particles; the surface or item is rendered safe fro handling use, or disposal  
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Hand Hygiene   The process of cleaning or sanitizing the hands.  
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Infection   The condition in which the body, or part of it, is invaded by a pathogen.  
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Medical asepsis   Practices that are employed to reduce the number and hinder the transmission of pathogens.  
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Microorganism   A microscopic plant or animal.  
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Non-intact skin   Skin that has a break in the surface. It includes, but is not limited to abrasion, cuts, hangnials, paper cuts and burns  
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Non-pathogen   A microorganism that does not normally produce disease.  
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Opportunistic infection   An infection the results from a detective immune system that cannot defent the body from pathogens normally found in environments.  
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Optimum growth temperature   The temperature at which an organism grows best.  
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Parenteral   Taken into the body through piercing of the skin barrier or mucous membranes, such as through needlesticks, human bites , cuts, and abrasions.  
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Pathogen   A disease-processing microorganism.  
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Perinatal   Relating to the period shortly before and after birth.  
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pH   The degree to which a solution is acidic or basic  
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Postexposure prophylaxis (PEP)   Treatment administered to an individual after exposure to an infectious disease to prevent the disease.  
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regulated medical waste(RMW)   Medical waste that poses a treat to health and safety.  
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Reservoir host   The organism that becomes infected buy a pathogen and serves as a source of transfer of the pathogen to others.  
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Resident flora   Harmless, non-pathogenic microorganism that normally reside on the skin and usually do not cause disease. Also known as normal flora  
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Susceptible   Easily affected: lacking resistances  
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Transient flora   Microorganism that reside on the superficial skin layer and are picked up in the course of daily activities. They are often pathogenic but can be removed easily from the skin by sanitizing the hands.  
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