Module 6 Medical Asepsis

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  1. 1. an environment that a microbe lives and grows in; host
  2. 4. Precautions: measures designed to prevent the transmission of organisms and used for all patients in healthcare facilities regardless of diagnosis or infection status
  3. 6. precautions Isolation precautions that are used to prevent the spreading of contagious diseases. An example would be contact, droplet, or airborne.
  4. 8. a harmful microbe that causes an infection
  5. 9. Skin that is broken by abrasions, cuts, or rashes
  6. 13. technique another name for "medical asepsis"
  7. 14. isolation a type of isolation that is used for patients that are very susceptible to infections because of their poor immune system.
  8. 15. a drug that kills certain microbes that causes bacterial infections
  9. 16. waste items contaminated with blood, body fluids, secretions, or excretions
  10. 17. forms that provide detailed information about hazardous substances.
  11. 20. process for destroying pathogens Droplet precautions measures taken to prevent the spread of diseases transmitted from an infected person by pathogens propelled through the air only short distances to a susceptible person's eyes, nose, or mouth
  12. 26. agent pathogen responsible for a specific infectious disease
  13. 28. a bacteria protected by a hard shell. Killed by methods of sterilization
  14. 29. incident contact with nonintact (broken) skin, blood, body fluid, or other potentially infectious materials that are the result of the performance of an employee's duties.
  15. 31. Protective Equipment Items are worn such as gloves, gowns, masks, goggles & eye shields that are used to decrease the transmission of diseases among health care workers, patients, and families
  16. 33. a bacteria usually found in the intestines and feces which can be transmitted by contaminated hands, toilet seats, care equipment, and items that hands touch.
  17. 35. infection an infection that develops in a person cared for in any setting where health care is given; the infection is related to receiving care. Also can be called a Nosocomial infection
  18. 37. preparation containing dead or weakened microbes
  19. 39. Dangerous infection of the blood
  20. 40. small (micro) living thing (organism) seen only with a microscope; a microbe
  21. 41. Substances that leave the body
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  1. 2. control practices and procedures that prevent the spread of infection
  2. 3. giving of a vaccine to produce immunity against an infectious disease
  3. 5. a microbe that usually does not cause an infection
  4. 7. contagious skin disease transmitted by the itch mite
  5. 10. an infectious highly contagious airborne disease caused by very small mycobacterium and is deadly in many cases if left untreated.
  6. 11. asepsis practices used to remove or destroy pathogens and to prevent their spread from one person or place to another person or place; clean technique
  7. 12. Animal or plant on which or in which another organism lives
  8. 17. Bacteria normally found in the nose and skin. It is resistant to antibiotics that are used to treat "staph" infections. Can cause serious blood and wound infections as well as pneumonia.
  9. 18. An agency that works to help ensure the public's health through the study, prevention, and treatment of diseases and illnesses to improve the health of Americans and find cures.
  10. 19. disease caused by pathogens that spread easily; another name for contagious disease
  11. 21. the process of destroying ALL microbes
  12. 22. a disease state resulting from the invasion and growth of microbes in the body
  13. 23. precautions measures taken to prevent the spread of diseases transmitted from an infected person by pathogens that remain infective over time and distance and are propelled through the air to a susceptible person's eyes, nose, or mouth
  14. 24. being free of disease-producing microbes
  15. 25. human or animal that is the reservoir for microbes but does not develop the infection
  16. 27. The absence of ALL microbes
  17. 30. precautions a transmission-based precaution that prevents the spread of harmful germs by direct contact, using Standard Precautions, plus gown and gloves
  18. 32. the process of becoming unclean
  19. 34. a tiny disease-causing particle that consists of genetic material and a protein coat
  20. 36. type of infection developed after hospital admission; also referred to as a healthcare-associated infection
  21. 38. Protection against a certain disease