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Asepsis and Sterile Technique
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Undergraduate 1
10/04/2010

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Antiseptic
Definition
Substance commonly used on living tissue to inhibit the growth and reproduction of microbes to prevent infection
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Asepsis
Definition
Absence of pathogenic microorganisms
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Aseptic Technique
Definition
Methods practiced by the surgical team to prevent microbial contamination of the surgical environment
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Bacteriocidal
Definition
Substance that destroys or kills bacteria
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Bacteriostatic

Definition
Substance that inhibits the growth and reproduction of bacteria
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Bioburden
Definition
The number of microbes or amount of organic debris on an object at any given time.
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Contamination
Definition
The presence of pathogenic materials
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Cross-Contamination
Definition
The contamination of a person or object by another.
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Decontamination
Definition
To reduce to an irreducible minimum the presence of pathogenic material
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Disinfectant
Definition
Chemical agent that kills most microbes, but usually not spores; usually used on inanimate objects because these compounds are too strong to be used on living tissues.
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Event-related sterility
Definition
Sterility determined by how a package is handled rather than time elapsed; a package is considered sterile until opened or the integrity of packaging material is damaged
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Fomite
Definition
Inanimate object that harbors microorganisms
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Fungicide
Definition
Agent that destroys fungus
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Infection
Definition
Invasion of the human body or tissue by pathogenic microorganisms that reproduce or multiply, causing disease.
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Nosocomial
Definition
Infection acquired within a health care facility
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Pathogen
Definition
Any microbe capabe of causing disease
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Resident Flora
Definition
Microbes that normally reside below the skin surface or within the body.
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Sepsis
Definition
Infection, usually accompanied by fever, that results from the presence of pathogenic microorganisms
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Spore
Definition
A resistant form of certain types of bacteria that are able to survive in adverse conditions.
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Sporicide

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Substance that kills/destroys bacteria in the spore stage

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Sterile
Definition
Having been rendered free of all living microorganisms, including spores.
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Sterile Field
Definition
Specified area, usually the area immediately around the patient, that is considered free of microorganisms.
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Sterile Technique
Definition
Techniques of creating a sterile field and performing within the sterile field to keep microbes at an irreducible minimum
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Sterilization
Definition
The destruction of all microorganisms, including spores, on inaminate surfaces through the use of steam or chemical sterilization, electron bombardment, or irradiation.
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Strike-through contamination
Definition
Contamination of a sterile field that occurs through the passage of fluid through, or a puncture in, a microbial barrier.
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Surgically clean

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Mechanically cleaned and chemically disinfected but not sterile

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Terminal disinfection

Definition
To render items safe to handle by high-level disinfection
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Terminal sterilization
Definition
To render items safe to handle by sterilization
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Transient Flora
Definition
Microbes that reside on the skin surface and are easily removed.
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Vector

Definition
Living carrier that transmits disease
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Virucide

Definition

 

Agent that destroys viruses

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