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| a resistance of the body to infection in which the host produces its own antibodies in response to natural or artificial antigens |
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| those that generally appear suddenly or last a short time |
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| methods used to reduce exposure to infectious agents transmitted by airborne droplet nuclei smaller than 5 microns |
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| infectious agent transmitted by droplets or dust |
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| immunoglobulins, part of the body's plasma proteins, defend primarily against the extracellular phases of bacterial and viral infections |
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| a substance capable of inducing the formation of antibodies |
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| agents that inhibit the growth of some microorganisms |
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freedom from infection or infectious material
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| an antigen that originates in a person's own body |
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| the most common infection-causing microorganisms |
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substances produced by some normal flora (e.g., enterobacteria), that can be lethal to related strains of bacteria
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| those microorganisms carried in blood and body fluids that are capable of infecting other persons with serious and difficult to treat viral infections, namely hepatitis B virus, hepatitis C virus, and HIV |
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generic infection control precautions for all clients except those with diseases transmitted through the air
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| a person or animal that harbors a specific infectious agent and serves as a potential source of infection, yet does not manifest any clinical signs of disease |
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| also known as cell-mediated defenses, occur through the T-cell system |
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| the action by which leukocytes are attracted to injured cells |
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| infection that occurs slowly, over a very long period, and may last months or years |
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| free of potentially infectious agents |
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the presence of organisms in body secretions or excretions in which strains of bacteria become resident flora but do not cause illness
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| a disease that can spread from one person to another |
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| any person at increased risk for an infection |
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| methods used to reduce exposure to infectious agents easily transmitted by direct client contact or by contact with items in the client's environment |
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| laboratory cultivations of microorganisms in a special growth medium |
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| the movement of blood corpuscles through a blood vessel wall |
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| denotes the likely presence of microorganisms, some of which may be capable of causing infection |
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| an alteration in body function resulting in a reduction of capacities or shortening of the normal life span |
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| agents that destroy pathogens other than spores |
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| residue of evaporated droplets that remains in the air for long periods of time |
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| methods used to reduce exposure to infectious agents transmitted by particle droplets larger than 5 microns |
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| process in which leukocytes move through the blood vessel wall into the affected tissue spaces |
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| material, such as fluid and cells, that has escaped from blood vessels during the inflammatory process and is deposited in tissue or on tissue surfaces |
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| a plasma protein that is converted to fibrin when it is released into the tissues and, together with thromboplastin and platelets, forms an interlacing network making a barrier to wall off an area |
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| connective tissue repair of wounds with tissue that can proliferate under conditions of ischemia and altered pH |
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| infection-causing microorganisms that include yeasts and molds |
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| young connective tissue with new capillaries formed in the wound healing process |
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| antibody-mediated defense; resides ultimately in the B lymphocytes and is mediated by the antibodies produced by B cells |
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increased blood flow to an area
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| infections that are the direct result of diagnostic or therapeutic procedures |
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| a specific resistance of the body to infection; it may be natural, or resistance developed after exposure to a disease agent |
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| the disease process produced by microorganisms |
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| local and nonspecific defensive tissue response to injury or destruction of cells |
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| practices that prevent the spread of infection and communicable disease |
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an increase in the number of white blood cells
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| an infection that is limited to the specific part of the body where the microorganisms remain |
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| the aggregating or lining up of substances along a surface or edge (eg, the lining up of white blood cells against the wall of a blood vessel during the inflammatory process) |
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| all practices intended to confine a specific microorganism to a specific area, limiting the number, growth, and spread of microorganisms |
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| bodily defenses that protect a person against all microorganisms, regardless of prior exposure |
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| infections associated with the delivery of health care services in a health care facility |
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skin, eye, mucous membrane, or parenteral contact with blood or other potentially infectious materials that may result from the performance of an employee's duties
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| a microorganism causing disease only in a susceptible individual |
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| microorganisms that live in or on another from which it obtains nourishment |
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| a resistance of the body to infection in which the host receives natural or artificial antibodies produced by another sourc |
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| the ability to produce disease; a pathogen is a microorganism that causes disease |
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cells that ingest microorganisms, other cells, and foreign particles
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renewal, regrowth, the replacement of destroyed tissue cells by cells that are identical or similar in structure and function
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| a source of microorganisms |
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| microorganisms that normally reside on the skin, mucous membranes, and inside the respiratory and gastrointestinal tracts |
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| the presence of pathogenic organisms or their toxins in the blood or body tissues |
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| occurs when bacteremia results in systemic infection |
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| Specific (immune) defenses |
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immune functions directed against identifiable bacteria, viruses, fungi, or other infectious agents
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| a specified area that is considered free from microorganisms |
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practices that keep an area or object free of all microorganisms;
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a process that destroys all microorganisms, including spores and viruses
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| when pathogens spread and damage different parts of the body |
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| Universal precautions (UP) |
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| techniques to be used with all clients to decrease the risk of transmitting unidentified pathogens; currently, Standard Precautions incorporate UP and BSI |
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| Vector-borne transmission |
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| a vector is an animal or flying or crawling insect that serves as an intermediate means of transporting the infectious agent |
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| Vehicle-borne transmission |
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| a vehicle is any substance that serves as an intermediate means to transport and introduce an infectious agent into a susceptible host through a suitable portal of entry |
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| ability to produce disease |
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| nucleic acid-based infectious agents |
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