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23 Cards in this Set
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Antibiotic |
A drug that kills certain microbes that cause infections |
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Asepsis |
Beign free of disease producing microbes |
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Biohazardous waste |
Items contaminated with blood , body flyids, secretions, or excretuons |
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Carrier |
a human or animal that is a reservoir for microbes but does not develop the infection |
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Communicable disease |
A disease caused by pathogens that spread easily ; contagious disease |
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Contamination |
The process of becoming unclean |
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Disinfection |
The process of destrying pathogens |
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Healthcare associated infection (HAI) |
An infection that develops in a person cared for in any setting where health care is given |
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Immunity |
Protection against a certain disease |
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Infection |
A disease state resulting from the invasion and growth of microbes in the body |
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Infection control |
Practices and procesures that prevent the spread of infection |
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Medical asepsis |
Practices used to remove or destroy pathogens and to prevent their spread from one person or place to another |
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Microorganism |
A small living thing seen only with a microscope |
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Non pathogen |
A microbe that does not usually cause an infection |
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Normal flora |
Microbes that live and grow in a certain area |
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Pathogen |
A microbe that is harmful and can cause an infection |
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Resrvoir |
The environment in wich a microbe lives and grows |
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Spore |
A bacterium protected by a hard shell |
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Sterile |
The absence of all microbes |
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Sterile field |
A work area free of all pathogens and non pathogens |
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Sterilization |
The process of destroying all microbes |
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Surgical asepsis |
The practices that keep items free of all microbes |
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Vaccination |
Giving a vaccine to produce immunity |
