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- 4. respirator: One of nine types of disposable particulate respirators. "95" refers to the percentage of particles filtered.
- 6. An individual who is found to be colonized at one or more body sites with an organism, but has no signs or symptoms of active infection.
- 7. A microorganism smaller than bacteria that cannot grow or reproduce apart from a living cell. Examples include influenza, chicken pox, hepatitis, and HIV.
- 8. A term that applies collectively to items used to cover the nose and mouth and includes both procedure masks and surgical masks.
- 14. The presence of an infectious agent on a body surface or on clothes, gowns, gloves, bedding, furniture, computer keyboards, or other inanimate objects that may be capable of producing disease or infection.
- 16. protective equipment (PPE): A variety of barriers used alone or in combination to protect mucous membranes, skin, and clothing from contact with infectious agents. PPE includes gloves, masks, respirators, goggles, face shields, and gowns.
- 17. A chemical agent used on inanimate (non-living) objects to destroy virtually all recognized pathogenic microorganisms, but not necessarily all microbial forms (e.g., bacterial spores).
- 19. difficile: See Clostridium difficile
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- 1. State of being free from all living microorganisms.
- 2. precautions: A group of infection prevention practices that apply to all patients, regardless of infection status. Standard precautions is based on the principle that all blood, body fluids, secretions, excretions except sweat, non-intact skin, and mucous membranes may contain transmissible infectious agents. Standard precautions include hand hygiene, and depending on the anticipated exposure, use of gloves, gown, mask, eye protection, or face shield. Also, equipment or items in the patient environment likely to have been contaminated with infectious fluids must be handled in a manner to prevent transmission of infectious agents. Formerly known as universal precautions
- 3. Also known as flu. A serious and sometimes deadly respiratory infection that can spread quickly in a community.
- 5. See personal protective equipment
- 9. A germicide that is used on skin or living tissue for the purpose of inhibiting or destroying microorganisms. Examples include alcohols, chlorhexidine, chlorine, hexachlorophene, and iodine.
- 10. precautions: See standard precautions
- 11. precautions: Actions designed to reduce and prevent the transmission of pathogens spread through close respiratory or mucous membrane contact with respiratory secretions.
- 12. precautions: Actions taken to prevent or minimize the transmission of infectious agents or organisms that remain infectious when suspended in the air
- 13. hygiene: A general term that applies the following: 1) hand washing with antimicrobial/nonantimicrobial soap and water or 2) antiseptic hand rub (waterless antiseptic product, most often alcohol based, rubbed on all surfaces of hands)
- 14. precautions: Type of transmission-based precautions that requires barrier precautions for direct contact with resident or objects/surfaces contaminated with an infectious agent.
- 15. transmission: A means of spreading infection in which airborne droplet nuclei are inhaled by uninfected people
- 18. Prevention from contamination with microorganisms. Includes sterile conditions on tissues, on materials, and in rooms, as obtained by excluding, removing, or killing organisms.