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| microorganism that require oxygen to live |
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| microorganism that require oxygen to live |
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| chemicals that limit the number of infectious microorganisms by destroying them or suppressing their growth |
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| chemicals such as alcohol that inhibits the growth of, but do not kill, microorganisms |
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| practice that decrease or eliminate infectious agents, their reservoirs, and vehicles of transmission |
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| measures that reduce or eliminate microorganism |
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| biologic defense mechanism |
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| methods that prevent microorganisms from causing an infectious disorder |
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| asymptomatic clients or animals who harbor pathogens but do not show evidence of an infectious disease |
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| sequence that enables the spread of disease producing microorganisms |
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| infectious diseases that can be transmitted through other people |
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| community-acquired infections |
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| infectious diseases that can be transmitted to other people |
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| measures that keep the client environment clean on a daily basis |
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| infectious diseases that can be transmitted to other people |
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| chemicals that destroy active microorganisms but not spores |
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| means by which microorganisms escape from their original reservoir |
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| nonliving reservoirs of pathogens |
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| removal and destruction of transient microorganisms from the hands |
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| methods for removing surface contamination on the skin |
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| aseptic practice that involves scrubbing the hands with plain soap or detergent, water, and friction |
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| manner in which infectious microorganisms move to another location |
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| practices that confine or reduce the number of microorganisms |
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| living animals or plants visible only with a microscope |
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| harmless and beneficial microorganisms |
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| microorganisms that reside in and on humans |
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| infections acquired while a person is being cared for in a hospital or other health care agency |
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| disorder caused by nonpathogens that occur in people with compromised health |
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| microorganisms that caused illness |
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| site where microorganisms find their way onto or into a host |
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| place where microbes grow and reproduce providing a haven for sustaining microbial survival |
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| generally non pathogens that are constantly present in the skin |
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| temporarily inactive microbial life form |
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| work area free of microorganisms |
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| practices that avoid contaminating microbe-free items |
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| physical and chemical techniques that destroy all microorganisms, including spores. |
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| measures that render supplies and equipment totally free of microorganisms |
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| medically aseptic hand hygiene procedure that is performed prior to the nurse's donning sterile gloves and garments in an operative or obstetrical procedures |
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| one whose biologic defense mechanisms are weakened in some way |
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| measures used to clean the client environment after discharge |
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| pathogens picked up during brief contact with contaminated reservoirs |
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| the extent of dangerousness |
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