medical vocacbulary Word Scramble
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Term | Definition |
contagious | Can be spread to other people |
chain of infection | factors that must be present for an infection to result |
reserviors | human, insects, food, and water for the microorganisms and allow them to multiply |
fomites | non living materials that house microorganisms |
portal of exit | escape routes in humans that allow microorganisms to leave |
mode of transmission | the way a disease is passed along |
portal of entry | pathogens to get into the host or environment. |
host | something capable or has been infected |
immunity | a state of not being susceptible to pathogens |
surgical asepsis | sterilization of ant item that penetrates the skin or comes into ant contact with a normally sterile part of the body |
infectious agent | a pathogen that can get us sick |
medical asepsis | redousing the amount of pathogens |
healthcare associates infection (HSI) | when a health care facility , a patient can get infections unrealated to their illness |
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