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7 Infection Control

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The invasion and multiplication of disease-producing organisms in the body   infection  
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Hazard to humans or the environment resulting from biological agents or conditions   biohazard  
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An agent, usually insect or animal, able to carry pathogens from one organism to another   vector  
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Any object that can transmit infectious agents from one person to another   fomite  
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Agent that kills microorganisms   disinfectant  
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The state of not being susceptible   immune  
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Tending to penetrate healthy tissue   invasive  
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Originating in the hospital   nosocomial  
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Ultramicroscopic infectious agent that replicates itself only within cells of living hosts   virus  
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Capable of being affected or infected   susceptible  
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Period between infection and clinical manifestation of disease   incubation  
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The period of recovery after the termination of a disease   convalescence  
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A plantlike living organism lacking chlorophyll and usually producing spores   fungus  
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In a condition of biological rest or suspended animation   dormant  
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Short hair-like structures protruding from the cell membrane, used in locomotion   cilia  
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Organism that can cause disease in another organism   pathogen  
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The state of being free of pathogenic organisms   asepsis  
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An organism that transmits a disease-causing pathogen   vector  
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To make impure or unclean by contact or mixture   contaminate  
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Agent that kills microorganisms   germicide  
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The state of not being susceptible   immune  
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Period between infection and clinical manifestation of disease   incubation  
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The spread of an organism   transmission  
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The invasion and multiplication of disease-producing organisms in the body   infection  
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A plantlike microbe that reproduces by spore formation   fungus  
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An agent that can inhibit the growth of disease causing micro-organisms   antiseptic  
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Any inanimate object that can transmit infectious agents from one person to another   fomite  
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Ultramicroscopic infectious agent that replicates itself only within cells of living hosts   virus  
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A single-celled or colonial organism that lives primarily by ingesting food   protozoa  
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Capable of being transmitted by infection   communicable  
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In a condition of biological rest or suspended animation   dormant  
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A procedure that kills all microorganisms including spores   sterilization  
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Capable of being affected or infected   susceptible  
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Long whip-like structures used in cellular locomotion   flagella  
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Temporary outgrowth used by some microorganisms as an organ of feeding or locomotion   pseudopod (false foot)  
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Virus that causes chicken pox   varicella  
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Often called the “flu”, an acute febrile highly contagious viral disease of the respiratory tract   influenza  
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An infectious agent that is composed primarily of protein that is very resilient   prion  
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A kind of microorganism that is between a virus and a bacterium; parasitic within the cells of insects and ticks   rickettsia  
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A parasitic roundworm or flatworm   helminth  
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Infective: able to cause disease   pathogenic  
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