Chapter 2
Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in
each of the black spaces below before clicking
on it to display the answer.
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| gatch | handle or rank used to raise and lower the bed, head, or foot of bed
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| postural support | soft protective device or restraint used to protect a resident from injury
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| incident report | written description report
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| body mechanics | special ways of standing and moving one's body
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| gravity | attraction that the earth has for an object on or near its surface
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| center of gravity | place where the builk or mass of an object is centered.
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| base of support | foundation of an object or person(ex: our feet)
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| spontaneous combustion | ignition of burnable material caused by a chemical reaction
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| organism | any living thing
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| microorganism | tiny living things seen only with a microscope
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| pathogenic | causing disease
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| nonpathogenic | not capable of producing disease
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| infection | invasion of the body by a disease producing organism
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| aseptic | free of microorganism
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| incidence | number of occurrences
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| classification of microorganism/six major microorganism known to cause disease in humans | 1)bacteria 2)viruses 3)fungi(including yeast and mold) 4)protozoa 5)rickettsia 6)parasitic worms
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| culture | specimen of body tissue or fluids kept under special laboratory condition to detect if microorganism is there
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| cross-infection | acquiring an infection from someone else
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| reinfection | invasion of the body by a disease-producing organism
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| environmental control | means of providing a safe environment that is as free as possible of pathogenic organisms
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| isolation | to separate or set apart
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| disinfection | process of killing most microorganism
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| sterilization | process of killing all microorganism
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| dirty | contaminated, used, or exposed to disease producing organism
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| standard precautions | a system of precautions to be used in the care of all residents in order to prevent the spread of disease
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| transmission-based precautions | a group of infection control methods based on the way a particular disease is spread
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| communicable conditions | disease and infections that spread from one person to another
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| isolation techniques | safety measure to prevent spread of communicable conditions
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| contract transmission | passing on microorganisms by touch; may be touching of objects or an infected person
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| droplet transmission | passing on microorganisms through droplets produced during activities like coughing, sneezing, and talking
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| airborne transmission | passing on microorganisms through the air
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| tuberculosis (TB) | an infectious disease that commonly attacks the lungs and is usually spread by contact with the sputum of an infected person
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| infection of TB means | the bacilli are present, there are no symptoms, the person is not contagious, the person will test positively wehn a skin test is given
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| AIDS stands for? | acquired immune deficiency syndrome)
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| What is AIDS | a condition in which the body's immune system is damaged by attack from virus (HIV)
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| opportunistic infections | occurs when organisms take advantage of a diseased immune system
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| jaundice | a yellow coloring of skin and white portion of the eye caused by substances bilirubin, which is secreted by the liver
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| scabies | a disease caused by mites that burrow under the skin
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| dermatologist | a physician who specializes in the diseased of the skin
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| incontinent | no control over bowel and bladder function
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| prosthesis | artificial replacement for a body part such as a limb or eye
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