Medical Asepsis and the OSHA STandard- Karly Hayes
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| a microorganism that needs oxygen to live & 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 kills microorganisms | ANTISEPTIC
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| Free from infection or pathogens; the actions practiced to make & maintain an area or object free from infection or pathogens | ASEPSIS
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| Slender, hairlike projections that constantly beat toward the outside to remove microorganismas from the body | CILIA
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| To soil or to make impure. An aseptic object becomes "this" when it touches something that is not clean | 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; the surface or item is rendered safe for handling, use or disposal | DECONTAMINATION
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| The process of cleaning or sanitizing the hands | HAND HYGIENE
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| The condition in which the body, or part of it , is invasded by a pathogen | INFECTION
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| Practices that are employed to reduce the number & hinder the transmission of pathogens | MEDICAL ASEPSIS
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| A microscopic plant or animal | MICROORGANISM
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| Skin that has a break in the surface. It includes, but is not limited to, abrasions, cuts, hangnails, papercuts, & burns | NONINTACT SKIN
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| A microorganism that does not normally produce diseases | NONPATHOGEN
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| An infection that results from a defective immune system that cannot defend the body from pathogens normally found in the enviroment | OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION
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| The temperature at which an organism grows best | OPTIMUM GROWTH TEMPERATURE
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| Taken into the body through the piering of the skin barrier or mucous membranes, such as through needlesticks, human bites, cuts & abrasions | 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 diseases to prevent the diease | POSTEXPOSURE PROPHYLAXIS (PEP)
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| Medical waste that poses a threat to health and safety | REGULATED MECIAL WASTE (RMW)
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| The organism that becomes infected by a pathogen & serves as a source of tansfer of the pathogen to others | RESERVOIR HOST
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| Harmless, nonpathogenic microorganisms that normally reside on the skin & usually do not cause dieases; alson known as normal flora | RESIDENT FLORA
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| Easily affected; lacking resistance | SUSCEPTIBLE
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| Microorganisms that reside on the superficial skin layers & are picked up in the course of daily activites. They are often pathogenic but can be removed easily form the skin by sanitizing the hands | TRANSIENT FLORA
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