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Prevention

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Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)   any of items to protect from transmission of disease: gloves, mask, goggles, gowns  
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Surgical Asepsis   destruction of pathogenic organisms so they do not enter the body esp. during surgical procedure  
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Mechanical defense   skin, hair are examples of bodies protective mechanisms  
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Antibody   substance produced by WBC in response to antigen; destroys the invader  
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Chemical defense   sebaceous glands, stomach acids  
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Antigen   marker that identifies a cell as being part of the body or NOT  
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Inflammatory response   body's reaction to injury, infection, allergy (immune system activated)  
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Interferon   chemical produced by WBC responding to pathogen that will stop or slow virus production  
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Localized inflammation (signs)   redness, swelling, heat, pain  
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Histamine   chemical that causes dilation of blood vessels (part of inflammatory response)  
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Passive artificial immunity   Immunity from outside source introduced into patient eg. gamma globulin  
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Standard Precautions   guidelines for handling of OPIM (blood, body fluids, infectious organisms)  
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Passive natural immunity   immunity acquired from mother to fetus  
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Prostaglandins   hormone to stimulate receptors and produce inflammatory response (vasodilation, vascular permeability, platelet response)  
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Active artificial immunity   immunity from vaccines  
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Phagocytosis   process in which WBC destroy (eat) pathogens, foreign antigens, cellular debris  
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Active natural immunity   when body produces immunity when exposed to pathogenic organism (exposed to virus such as cold, flu, etc)  
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Medical asepsis   destruction of pathogenic organisms outside of the body  
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immunity   protection from disease  
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lysozyme   enzyme in tears, saliva and other body secretions to protect against pathogens  
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