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| Involves procedures that render and maintain an object or area completely free of pathogens. |
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| Persons who harbor pathogens without being sick themselves and who shed organisms into the environment. |
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| Refers to a disease capable of being transmitted more or less rapidly to other persons; also called contagious. |
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| Transmission of microorganisms from person to person or from object to person and vice versa. |
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| The process of removing organisms from articles, room, and linen after their use to make them safe to handle. |
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| Very small masses of liquid carried in a spray from the nose or mouth which evaporate before settling and remain suspended in the air. |
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| Division of medical science concerned with defining and explaining the interrelationships of the host, agent, and environment in causing disease. |
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| Inanimate objects which are freshly contaminated with secretions or excretions from an infected person or carrier. i.e. bedpans, sheets, drinking cups. |
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| Invasion of the body by pathogens and the reactions of the tissues to their presence and their toxins. |
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| Those procedures used to protect patient and environment from transmission of disease-producing organisms traveling from one patient to another. |
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| Agent through which microorganisms are transmitted. |
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| Opportunistic microorganisms |
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| Microorganisms that do not normally invade tissue but that are capable of causing infection or disease when introduced mechanically or when host resistance is lowered. |
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| Disease causing microorganisms. |
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| Forming or containing pus; suppurative. |
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| Deconstruction of bacteria through good cleaning processes or possibly by boiling in water. |
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| Sexually transmitted diseases (STD) |
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| Disease acquired as a result of sexual intercourse with an infected individual. |
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| Substance expelled by coughing or clearing the throat. |
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| Not sterile, but as clean as possible. |
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| Process of sterilizing articles after they have been used and before putting them into circulation again. |
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| Guidelines recommended by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) to prevent the transmission of blood-borne pathogens. |
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| An animal, especially an insect, that transmits pathogens from infected to nonoinfected individuals. |
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| Relative power of a pathogen to cause disease. |
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| The phase during which the body produces (1) antibodies that "fit" the previously unrecognized antigen and (2) memory cells that will recognize that antigen during any subsequent exposure. |
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| The phase during which the body is exposed to a subsequent invasion by an antigen, the memory cells immediately recognize the antigen, and the body produces antibodies against it. |
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