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| infection control practices designed to protect against diseases that can be transmitted by airborne pathogens 1 to 5 microns in diameter. |
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| microscopic, single-celled organisms with a simple internal organization. (__________ are procaryotic) |
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| diseases that may be transmitted through human blood and certain other body fluids that cause infection and illness. |
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| Body Substance Isolation (BSI) |
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| infection control practices designed to protect against diseases that can be transmitted through the following substances, when no blood is visible: feces, nasal secretions, sputum, sweat, tears, urine and emesis. |
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| person with no symptoms of disease who has within his body, an organism or a specific disease that may be transmitted to others. |
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| an illustration use to describe the route a new pathogen takes from a source to a new host, causing infection and illness. |
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| treatment of disease by chemical agents. |
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| infection control practices designed to protect against diseases that can be transmitted through touching infected persons or contaminated environments. |
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| stage in life cycle of certain parasites during which they are enclosed in a protective wall. |
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| occurring in two distinct forms. |
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| any deviation from or interruption of the normal structure or function of any part, organ, or system of the body that is manifested by a characteristic set of symptoms and signs and whose etiology, pathology, and prognosis may be known or unknown. |
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| chemicals used to free an environment from pathogenic organisms or to render such organisms inert, especially as applied to the treatment of inanimate materials to reduce or eliminate infectious organisms. |
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| infection control practices designed to protect against diseases that can be transmitted through droplets generated by talking, singing, coughing, sneezing, laughing, and certain medical procedures. |
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| organisms whose cells have a true nucleus. (mammal cells are eucaryotic and fungi are also eucaryotic) |
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| waste matter eliminated from the body |
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| microbial community found on or in a healthy person. |
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| an object such as a book, wooden object, or article of clothing that is not harmful in itself but is able to harbor pathogenic microorganisms and may serve as an agent of transmission of an infection. |
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| general term used to denote a group of eucaryotic protists - including mushrooms, yeasts, molds, rusts, and smuts - that are characterized by the absence of chlorophyll and by the presence of a rigid cell wall. |
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| animal or plant that harbors or nourishes another organism. |
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| Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) |
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| the virus that can cause AIDS or the Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome. |
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| extremely infectious or easily spread. |
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| resulting from the activity of physicians |
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| security against a particular disease. |
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| invasion and multiplication of microorganisms in body tissue that may be clinically unapparent or result in local cellular injury. |
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| reduction in the number of infectious agents, which in turn decreases the probability of infection, but does not necessarily reduce it to zero. |
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| Methicillin Resistant Staph Aureus (MRSA) |
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| An infectious disease caused by a pathogen that is resistant to many antibiotics. •_______ can develop when people do not take all of the medication prescribed to them. When the full course of medication is not taken, the "strongest bacteria" survive and may develop immunity to antibiotics. |
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| a microorganism, especially one that causes diseases. |
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| microscopic organism - small living thing that cannot be seen without the aid of a microscope. Those of interest include: bacteria, viruses, fungi, and protozoa. |
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| air circulation in a room that draws air upward into the ventilation system. Air flows into the room when the door is opened. |
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| infection acquired in a hospital (originating in the hospital) |
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| an agent that causes disease, such as a virus, bacteria, fungus, or protozoa. |
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| any body opening on an uninfected person that allows pathogens to enter. |
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| any body opening on an infected person that allows pathogens to leave. |
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| cellular organisms that lack a true nucleus. (Bacteria are procaryotic organisms) |
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| alternate or passive host or carrier that harbors pathogenic organisms, without injury to itself, and serves as a source from which other individuals can be infected. |
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| place where a pathogen lives, reproduces, and exits the body. |
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| precautions to prevent the transmission of disease by body fluid and substances. |
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| complete destruction or elimination of all living microorganisms - accomplished by physical methods (dry or moist heat), chemical agents (ethylene oxide, formaldehyde, alcohol), radiation (ultraviolet, cathode), or mechanical methods (filtration). |
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| a person who is likely to contract a disease though exposure. Persons with weakened immune systems (such as HIV positive persons) are susceptible to many diseases. |
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| procedure used to prevent contamination before, during, or after surgery. |
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| Transmission-Based Precautions |
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| infection control practices designed to protect against diseases that can be transmitted through airborne, droplet, and contact route. |
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| lung disease caused by a microorganism which is easily transmitted to others. |
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| infection control practices designed to protect against diseases that can be transmitted through blood and any body fluids or substances that contain visible blood, also called Standard Precautions. |
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| suspension of attenuated or killed microorganisms (bacteria, viruses, or rickettsiae) administered for prevention, improvement, or treatment of infectious disease. |
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| Vancomycin Resistant Enterococci (VRE) |
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| Enterococci that are resistant to Vancomycin, a powerful antibiotic designed to prevent or kill bacterial infections. • Enterococci are bacteria that resemble strep. |
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| carrier, especially an animal (usually an antropod) that transfers an infective agent from one host to another. |
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| complete viral particle found extracellulary and capable of surviving in crystalline form and infecting a living cell. |
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any group of minute infectious agents characterized by a lack of independent metabolism and by the ability to replicate only within living host cells.
• _________ are neither procaryotic or eucaryotic.
• _________ cannot live outside a living cell. |
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| purified protein derivative (tuberculin test) |
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| personal protective equipment |
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| unicellular organism that is neither plant nor animal. They are distinguished from bacteria by their greater size and by the fact that they do not possess a cell wall. |
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