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| A human or animal that is a reservoir for microbes but does not have signs and symptoms of infection. |
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| A small living plant or animal seen only with a microscope; a microbe. |
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| Protection against a certain disease. |
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| A preparation that contains dead or weakened microbes and is given to produce immunity against an infectious disease. |
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| A work area free of all pathogens and non-pathogens. |
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| Items contaminated with blood, body fluids, secretions, and excretions that may be harmful to others. |
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| The giving of a vaccine to produce immunity against an infectious disease. |
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| The practices used to remove or destroy pathogens and to prevent their spread from one person or place to another person or place; clean technique. |
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| A disease state resulting from the invsion and growth of microorganisms in the body. |
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| The practice that keeps equipment and supplies free of all microbes; sterile technique. |
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| A disease caused by pathogens that spread easily; contagious disease. |
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| The process of destroying pathogens. |
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| Healthcare Associated Infection |
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| An infection acquired in a health care agency. |
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| Being free of disease-producing microbes. |
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| Another name for a microorganism. |
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| The environment in which microbes live and grow; host. |
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| Medical asepsis is also called. |
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| The process of becoming unclean. |
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| The absence of all microbes. |
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| Surgical asepsis is also called. |
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| A bacterium proteced by a hard shell the forms around microbes. |
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| Microbes that usually live and grow in a certain location. |
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| A disinfectant applied to the skin, tissue, or nonliving objects. |
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| A microbe that does not usually cause an infection. |
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| A process of destroying all microbes. |
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| A microbe that is harmful and causes an infection. |
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| Practices and procedures that prevent the spread of infection. |
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| Pressure steam sterilizer that sterilizes objects. |
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| A rubber product used to make some rubber gloves. Some people are allergic to this. |
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| Plant life that multiples rapidly. Often called germs. They are one celled |
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| Plants that live on other plants or animals. |
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| One-celled animals. They can infect the blood, brain, intestines, and other body areas. |
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| Found in fleas, lice, ticks, and other insects. They spread to humans by insect bites. |
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| Grow in living cells. Cause many disease. |
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| Multidrug-Resistant organisms (MDROs) |
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| Microbes that can resist the effects of anibiotics. |
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