Across
- 2. A disorder of the brain
- 3. A weakened or dilute solution of microbes
- 5. Localized death of tissue due to injury or lack of oxygen
- 9. Kills or inhibits fungi or their growth or reproduction
- 11. A drug effective against a wide variety of microorganisms
- 13. Parasitic worms that may live in the human intestinal tract for long periods if not treated
- 15. Mobile extensions of a cell surface
- 16. Any device that is used to limit or prevent movement of a patient that might cause injury to self or others
- 17. A part of a nucleolus (a nuclear inclusion body)
- 22. An organism that lives in or on another and draws its nourishment from that on which it lives
- 25. (SYN pseudomembranous enterocolitis) formation and passage of pseudomembranous material due to infection by Clostridium difficile
- 26. Free of all living microorganisms
- 27. Cells that require an oxygenated environment to live; may be either yeasts or molds
- 29. A disease capable of being passed from one person to another
- 32. An area of tissue necrosis that penetrates below the epidermis; excavation of the surface of any body organ
- 33. Decrease in the size of the organ, tissue, or muscle
- 34. Labored or difficult breathing
- 35. The ability to cause disease
- 37. Referring to an organism that produces toxins specific for cells in the intestinal tract
- 38. A group of infection prevention practices that apply to all patients, regardless of suspected or confirmed diagnosis
- 39. Catheters or needles that are able to enter the blood vessels
- 40. Extremely toxic
- 41. Disease passed from one person who has poor handwashing hygiene to another person through food touched by the former following stool elimination
- 42. Inherited potential through the genetic transmission for a particular illness or characteristic
Down
- 1. A group of viruses in the Herpesviridae family
- 4. Drugs that tend to destroy microbes or prevent their multiplication
- 6. Soluble substances derived from a mold or bacterium that kills or inhibits growth of other microorganisms
- 7. Colorless, minute, one-celled organisms with a typical nucleus
- 8. A cell containing a membrane-bound nucleus and chromosomes of DNA, RNA, and proteins
- 10. Persons whose immunity is prohibited for physiologic reasons
- 12. Walking or able to walk
- 14. An infectious particle of non–nucleic acid composition; must mutate to become infectious
- 18. Deficiency of blood in a body part due to functional constriction or actual obstruction of a blood vessel
- 19. A variety of barriers used alone or in combination to protect mucous membranes, skin, and clothing from contact with infectious agents
- 20. Tubes that are placed in the urinary bladder and fixed in place for a period of time
- 21. Minute microbes that cannot be visualized under an ordinary microscope; the smallest microorganism known to produce disease
- 23. Free from acquiring a particular infectious disease
- 24. A person or an animal that harbors a particular infectious agent and does not have clinical disease but is able to transmit the disease to others
- 25. Passage through the skin by needle puncture, including introduction of wires and catheters
- 28. An organism consisting of a single cell
- 30. The presence of pus-forming and other pathogenic organisms
- 31. A pressure sore
- 36. The inability to dorsiflex the foot as a result of weakness of the dorsiflexor muscles