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INFECTION INFLAMMATION
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Nursing
Undergraduate 1
01/11/2011

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Term
HOST
Definition
AN ORGANISM THAT HARBORS A VIRUS OR PARASITE
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agent
Definition
an organism capable of causing disease
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COLONIZATTON
Definition
THE ACT OF A MICROORGANISM INVADING A PT, GROWING AND MULTIPLYING BUT NOT CAUSING DISEASE
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RESERVIOR
Definition
A PLACE WHERE A PATHOGEN CAN SURVIVE BUT MAY OR MAY NOT MULTIPLY
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VECTOR
Definition
SOMETHING THAT IS USED AS A MEANS OF TRANSMISSION(SUCH AS AN INSECT)
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INCUBATION PERIOD
Definition
REFERS TO THE TIME ELAPSED BETWEEN WXPOSURE TO A PATHOGENIC ORGANISM, OR CHEMICAL OR RADIATION AND WHEN SYMPTOMS AND SIGNS ARE FIRST APPARENT
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CONVALESCENCE
Definition
INTERVAL WHEN ACUTE SYMPTOMS OF INFECTION DISAPPEAR(NOT SICK BUT NOT WELL)
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PRODROMAL STAGE
Definition
REFERS TO THE OCCURRENCE OF EARLY SYMPTOMS THAT INDICATE THE ONSET OF A DISEASE PROCESS
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ILLNESS STAGE
Definition
INTERVAL WHEN CLIENT MANIFESTS SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS SPECIFIC TO THE TYPE OF INFECTION
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LOCAL SIGNS OF INFECTION
Definition
REDNESS, SWELLING OR DRAINAGE
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SYSTEMIC
Definition
FEVER, FATIGUE, NAUSEA,AND GENERAL MALAISE
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NORMAL WBC
Definition
5,000-10,000
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WBC OVER WHAT IS AN INFECTION
Definition
10,000
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A PERSON WHO IS SEPTIC WBC CAN BE HOW HIGH
Definition
30,000
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ASEPSS
Definition
STERILE, REFERS TO THE ABSENCE OF DISEASE CAUSING MICROORGANISMS
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MEDICAL ASEPSIS
Definition
NONSTERILE, SOMETIMES CALLED CLEAN THEHNIQUE INCLUDES MEASURES TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF ORGANISMS PRESENT AND TO PREVENT THE TRANSFER OF ORGANISMS
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CLEANING
Definition
REMOVAL OF ALL SOIL AND OBJECTS FROM A SURFACE
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DISINFECTION
Definition
A PROCESS THAT ELIMINATES MANY OR ALL MICROORGANISMS,WITH THE EXCEPTION OF SPORES FROM A SURFACE
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STERLIZATION
Definition
THE COMPLETE ELIMINATION OF ALL MICROORGANISMS, INCLUDING SPORES
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THERMOREGULATION
Definition
THE BODYS MECHANISMS TO REGULATE THE BALANCE BETWEEN HEAT LOSS AND HEAT PRODUCTION
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THERMOREGULATION IS CONTROLLED BY
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HYPOTHALAMUS
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WHAT TEMP IS CONCERED IS
Definition
34.4C-94F
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