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31 Cards in this Set
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Aerobe |
Organism able to survive & grow only in the presence of oxygen |
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Anaerobe |
Organism that survives & grows in absence of oxygen |
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Asepsis |
Maintaining pathogen-free/pathogen-controlled environment to prevent spread of disease (STERILE TECHNIQUE) |
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Bactericidal |
Capable of killing/destroying bacteria |
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Body Substance Isolation (BSI) |
Procedures, equipment, supplies used to prevent transmission of communicable diseases by preventing direct contact |
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Carrier |
Person w. capacity to transmit a disease, unaware of infection |
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Centers for Disease Control |
Agency of Public Health Operating Division of USDHHS studies & monitors disease, disease prevention |
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Cilia |
Hairlike processes projecting from epithelial cells |
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Contamination |
Making a sterile field unclean/having pathogens placed on it |
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Dermis |
Middle layer of skin |
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Epidermis |
Outmost layer of skin |
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Epithelial |
Pertaining to epithelium (cells covering external & internal surfaces of the body) |
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Follicle |
Small hollow/cavity w. secretory functions (hair, ovarian, gastric) |
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Fomites |
Nonliving objects may transmit infectious material |
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Homeostasis |
Interaction between body systems that maintains optimum body function |
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Immunity |
Ability to resist disease |
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Incubation |
Period of time between exposure to infection and the appearance of synthetic |
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Infection |
Invasion of the body by pathogenic microorganism |
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Integumentary |
Pertaining to the skin, hair, nails |
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Keratinocyte |
Any skin cells the produces keratin (hard protein material found in hair, skin, nails) |
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Medical Asepsis |
Practice if reducing number of pathogens & transmission of disease |
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Microorganism |
Organism can be viewed under a microscope, not by naked eye |
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Nonpathogen |
Harmless organism, does not cause disease |
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Nosocomial Infection |
Infection resulting from hospitalization of a patient |
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Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) |
Protective clothing & equipment like gloves, gowns, and masks to prevent contamination by blood/other bodily fluids |
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Phagocytosis |
Engulfing & destruction of microorganisms/foreign matter by phagocytosis cells |
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Prodromal |
Period between earliest symptoms & appearance of physical sign like fever/rash |
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Standard Precautions |
Precautions that replace Body Substance Isolation and Universal Precautions in institutional health care settings like hospitals & nursing homes |
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Subcutaneous Tissue |
Deepest layer of the skin |
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Transmission-based precautions |
Care based on symptoms of disease & transmission method of the pathogen like contact, droplets, air, vector, common vehicle |
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Universal Precautions |
The CDC's original guidelines for preventing the transmission of AIDS & other blood-borne diseases |
