Chapter 19 Crossword Puzzle

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  1. 4. guidelines designed to protect employees against occupational exposure to blood-borne pathogens
  2. 5. ability of the body to resist disease
  3. 7. an infection of short duration that's often severe
  4. 8. touching or contact with a patient's blood or saliva
  5. 9. immunity that's developed during a person's lifetime
  6. 11. through the skin, such as with a needle stick, cut, or human bite
  7. 13. ultimate goal of all infection control procedures and policies
  8. 14. condition caused by an infection that can be spread from person to person or through contact with body fluids
  9. 16. guidelines based on treating all human blood and body fluids as potentially infectious
  10. 17. standard of care designed to protect healthcare providers from pathogens that can be spread by blood or any other body fluids
  11. 18. an infection that occurs through mucosal surfaces of the eyes, nose, or mouth
  12. 19. immunity that occurs when a person has contracted and is recovering from a disease
  13. 20. any reasonably anticipated skin, eye, or mucosa membrane contact or percutaneous injury involving blood or any other potentially infectious materials
  14. 26. extreme hypersensitivity to a substance that can lead to shock and life-threatening respiratory collapse
  15. 27. waste that poses a danger to humans or to the environment
  16. 28. strength of a pathogen's ability to cause disease; also known as pathogenicity
  17. 29. disease-causing organism
  18. 30. waste that's capable of transmitting an infectious disease
  19. 31. policies and practices designed to prevent the spread of infectious agents
  20. 32. disease that's communicable
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  1. 1. touching or contact with a contaminated surface or instrument
  2. 2. an infection of long duration
  3. 3. persistent infection with recurrent symptoms that 'come and go'
  4. 6. disease such as HBV, HCV, or HIV infection that's carried by microorganisms such as viruses carried in blood
  5. 10. immunity that results from a vaccination
  6. 11. contact with mucous membranes such as the eyes or mouth
  7. 12. conditions that all must be present for infection to occur
  8. 15. disease-causing organisms transferred through contact with blood or other body fluids
  9. 21. items such as gloves and patient napkins that may contain potentially infectious body fluids or patients
  10. 22. items such as protective clothing, masks, gloves, and eyewear used to protect employees
  11. 23. immunity that's present at birth
  12. 24. studies of the patterns and causes of diseases
  13. 25. pointed or cutting instruments