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| an infection that is limited to a specific location in the body |
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| an infection the affects the entire body |
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| Health Care Associated Infection |
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| an infection acquired within a healthcare setting during the delivery of medical care |
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| Describes how the pathogen travels |
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| Occurs by touching the infected person or their secretions. |
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| results from touching an object contaminated by the infected person, such as a needle |
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| the membranes that line body cavities that open to the outside of the body. i.e nose, eyes, rectum |
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| not getting the proper nutrition |
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| an inadequate amount of fluid in the body |
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| Occupational Safety and Health Administration. A federal agency that makes rules to protect workers from on the job hazards |
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| Center for Disease Control and Prevention. issues guidelines to protect and improve the health of individuals. |
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| treating blood, and other bodily fluids, nonintact skin and mucous membranes as if they were infected. |
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| needles or other sharp objects. |
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| washing hands with soap and water or using an alcohol-based hand rub. |
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| care of the genital and anal area |
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| skin that is broken by abrasions, cuts, rashes, acne, pimples, lesions, surgical incisions or boils |
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| has not been contaminated with pathogens |
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| has been contaminated with pathogens |
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| Equipment designed to be discarded after one use |
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| Precautions used when a resident may spread an infection by direct contact with a person or object |
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| inflammation of the liver casued by certain viruses and other factors like alocohol abuse. |
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| a condition when the skin, whites of eyes and mucous membranes appear yellow |
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| Bloodborne Pathogens Standard |
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| federal law that requires healthcare facilities to protect employees from bloodborne health hazards |
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| Tuberculosis; a highly contagious disease caused by bacterium, carried by mucous droplets suspended in the air. |
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| Thick mucous from the respiratory passage |
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| a strain of bacterium that has developed a resistance to methicillin |
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| Vancomycin-resistant enterococcus. Spread through direct and indirect contact. |
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| Clostridioides difficile. a spore forming bacterium which can be part of the normal intestinal flora. can cause infection |
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| any sudden or uncontrollable descent from a higher to a lower level. |
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| confusion about person place or time |
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| the loss of ability to move all or part of the body |
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| Occurs when eating, drinking, or taking medication. Something stuck in airways. |
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| an injury that rubs off the surface of the skin. |
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| the administration of oxygen to increase the supply of oxygen to the lungs. |
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| weakening or wasting away of the muscle |
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| any method, device, material or equipment that restricts a persons freedom of movement |
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| medications used to control a persons mood or behavior. |
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| measures used in place of restraints or reduce the need for a restraint. |
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| the way parts of the body work together when a person moves. |
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| the foundation that supports an object. The feet are the body's base of support |
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| the point in the body where the most weight is concentrated |
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PASS: Pull Aim Squeeze Sweep
RACE: Remove anyone Activate alarm/911 Contain the fire Extinguish the fire |
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