Ch. 15 Infection Control - Key Terms

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Across
  1. 3. precautions: Specific methods or techniques of caring for patients who have highly communicable diseases.
  2. 7. Free from organisms causing disease.
  3. 8. precautions: Methods of infection control used for patients infected with epidemiological microorganisms that can be transmitted by direct or indirect contact.
  4. 11. (a-sep'-sis): The condition of being free from infection or pathogenic microorganisms.
  5. 12. Containing infection or infectious organisms or pathogens.
  6. 14. B: A severe form of viral hepatitis transmitted by blood, serum, and other body secretions that affects the liver.
  7. 17. (kav"-ih-tay'-shun): The cleaning process employed in an ultrasonic unit where bubbles explode to drive cleaning solution onto the article.
  8. 18. (reverse) isolation: Techniques used to provide care to patients requiring protection from organisms in the environment (often immunocompromised patients).
  9. 20. C: A viral infection transmitted by blood and blood-containing body fluids that causes liver inflammation and damage.
  10. 21. disinfection: The use of chemicals to clean items that do not penetrate body tissue; destroys many pathogens but not necessarily all spores and viruses.
  11. 23. precautions: Recommendations that must be followed to prevent the transmission of pathogenic organisms by way of blood and body fluids for all patients.
  12. 24. A piece of equipment used to sterilize articles by way of steam under pressure or dry heat.
  13. 25. (ant"-ih-sep'-sis): The prevention or inhibition of the growth of pathogenic organisms; not generally effective against spores and viruses (safe to use on skin).
Down
  1. 1. A process that results in the total destruction of all microorganisms, including spores and viruses.
  2. 2. An infectious disease that affects many people over a wide geographic area; a worldwide epidemic.
  3. 4. A process that uses chemical disinfectants to destroy or kill pathogenic organisms on objects.
  4. 5. Infections that occur when the body's defenses are unusually weak (often seen in patients with severe immune deficiencies).
  5. 6. precautions: Methods of infection control used for patients infected with pathogens transmitted by large particle droplets expelled during coughing, sneezing, talking, or laughing.
  6. 9. units: Pieces of equipment that clean instruments using sound waves.
  7. 10. protective equipment (PPE): Protective barriers such as masks, gowns, gloves, and protective eyewear that help protect a person from contact with infectious material.
  8. 13. Free of all organisms, including spores and viruses.
  9. 15. An infection or disease originating from outside the body.
  10. 16. field: A specific, isolated area that is set up for certain procedures and is strictly free from all organisms.
  11. 19. An infectious disease that affects a large number of people within a population, community, or region at the same time.
  12. 22. care-associated infection (HAI): An infection acquired by an individual in a healthcare facility (formerly known as a nosocomial infection).
  13. 25. precautions: Methods of infection control used for patients known or suspected to be infected with pathogens transmitted by airborne droplet nuclei.