Bonewit # 2 Word Scramble
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aerobe | a microorganism that needs oxygen to live and grow. |
anaerobe | a microorganism that grows best in the absence of oxygen |
antispetic | an agent that inhibits the growth of or kills microorganisms |
asepsis | free from infection or pathogens; the actions practiced to make and maintain an area or object free from infection or pathogens |
cilia | slender, hairlike projections that constantly beat toward the outside to remove microorganisms from the body. |
contaminate | to soil or make impure. an aspetic object is contaminated when it touches something not clean |
decontamination | the use of physical or chemical means to remove, inactivate or destroy pathogens. |
hand hygiene | the process of cleansing or sanitizing the hands |
infection | the condition in which the body, or part of it, is invaded by a pathogen |
medical asepsis | practices that are employed to reduce the number and hinder the transmission or pathogens |
microorganism | a microscopic plant or animal |
nonintact skin | skin that has a break in the surface, it includes , but its not limited to, abrasion, cuts, hangnails, paper cuts, and burns. |
nonpathogen | a microorganism that usually does not produces disease |
opportunistic infection | an infection that results from a defective immune system that cannot defend the body from pathogens found in the environment |
optimum growth temperature | the temperature which an organism grows best |
parenteral | taken into the body through piercing pf the skin barrier or mucous membranes |
pathogen | a disease producing microorganism |
perinatal | relating the period shortly before and after birth |
pH | the degree to which sometting is acidic or basic |
postexposure prophylaxis | treatment administered |
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