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| is the set of methods practiced in healthcare facilities to prevent and control the spread of disease |
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| affects the entire body, travels through the bloodstream |
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| Healthcare-associated Infection (HAI) |
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| a type of infection that can be localized o systemic |
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| describes how pathogen travels |
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| happens by touching the infected person or his secretions |
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| are the membranes that line body cavities that open to the outside of the body |
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| a person who is malnourished is not getting the proper nutrition |
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| is a condition that occurs when there is an inadequate amount of fluid in the body |
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| Occupational Safety and Health Administration is a federal government agency that makes rules to protect workers from hazard on the job |
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| Center for Disease Control and Prevention is a federal government agency that issues guidelines to protect and improve the health of individuals and communities |
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| means treating blood, body fluids, nointact skin, and mucous membranes as if they were infected |
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| are needles or other sharp objects |
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| as washing hands with either plain or antiseptic soap and water or using alcohol-based hand rubs |
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| wear personal protective equipment |
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| care of the genitals and anal areas |
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| skin that is broken by abrasions , cuts, rashes, acne, pimples, lesions, surgical incisions, or boils |
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| if it has nor been contaminated with pathogens |
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| has been contaminated with pathogens |
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| means it is discarded after one use |
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| are used when the resident is a risk of spreading an infection by direct contact with a person or object |
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| is inflammation of the liver cause by certain viruses and other factors, such as alcohol abuse, some medications, and trauma |
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| a condition in which the skin, whites of the eyes, and mucous membranes appear yellow |
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| Bloodborne Pathogens Standard |
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| this law requires that healthcare facilities protect employees from bloodborne health hazards |
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| Tuberculosis, is a highly contagious disease caused by a bacterium, mycobacterium tuberculosis, that is carried on mucous droplets suspended in the air |
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| is thick mucus from the respiratory passage |
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| is an antibiotic-resistant infection to metricillin |
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| when the enterocci become resistant to vacomycin, then it is called vancomycin-resistant enterococcus |
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| Clostridium difficile is a infection, it is a spore-forming bacterium which can be part of the normal intestinal flora |
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| is any sudden, uncontrollable descent from a higher to a lower level, with or without injury resulting |
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| means confusion about person, place or time |
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| is the loss of ability to move all or part of the body |
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| can occur when eating, drinking or swallowing medications |
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| is an injury that rubs off the surface of the skin |
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| is the administration of oxygen to increase the supply of the oxygen to the lungs |
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| weakening or wasting away the muscle |
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| is any method, device, material, or equipment that restricts a person's freedom of movement |
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| are medications used to control a person's mood or behavior |
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| are measures used to place of a restraint or that reduce the need for a restraint |
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| is the way the parts of the body work together when a person moves |
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| is the foundation that supports an object |
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| is the point where the most weight is concentrated |
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| Remove anyone in danger if you are not in danger, Activate alarm or call 911, Contain the fire ii it possible by closing all doors and windows, Extinguish the dire, or the fire department will extinguish it. |
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