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Ch 17
Medical Asepsis and the OSHA Standard
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Aerobe | A microorganism that needs oxygen to live and grow |
| Anaerobe | A microorganism that grows best in the absence of oxygen |
| Antiseptic | An agent that inhibits the growth of or kills micro organisms |
| Bloodborne Pathogens | Pathogenic microorganisms capable of causing disease that are present in human blood |
| Cilia | Slender, hairlike projections that constantly beat towards the outside to remove microorganisms from the body |
| Contaminated | The organism that becomes infected by a pathogen and also serves as a source of transfer of pathogens to others |
| Exposure Incident | A specific eye, mouth, other mucous membrane, nonimpact skin, or parenteral contact with blood or other potentially infectious materials that results from an employees duties |
| Hand hygiene | the process of cleansing or sanitizing the hands |
| Infection | the condition in which the body, or part of it, invaded by a pathogen |
| Medical Asepsis | Practices that are employed to inhibit the growth and hinder the transmission of pathogenic microorganisms to prevent the spread of infection |
| Microorganism | A microscopic plant or animal |
| Noninpact Skin | Skin that has a break in the surface |
| Non pathogen | A microorganism that does not normally produce disease |
| Occupational Exposure | Reasonably anticipated skin, eye, mucous membrane, parenteral contact with bloodborne pathogens or potentially infectious materials that may result from the performance of an employees duties |
| Opportunistic Infection | An infection resulting a defective immune system that cant defend the body from pathogens normally found in the environment |
| Optimum Growth Temperature | The temperature at which an organism grows best |
| Pathogen | A disease producing microorganism |
| Parenteral | Taken into the body through piercing of the skin barrier |
| PH | The temperature at which an organism grows best |
| Post-exposure Prophylaxis | Treatment administered to an individual after exposure to an infectious disease to prevent the disease |
| Regulated Medical Waste | Medical waste that poses a threat to health and safety |
| Reservoir Host | The presence of reasonably anticipated presence of blood or OPIM an item or surface |
| Sharps | Objects that can penetrate the skin such as needles and lancets |
| Transient Flora | Microorganisms that reside on the superficial skin layers and are picked up in the course of daily activities |
| Resident Flora | Harmless, nonpathogenic micro organisms that normally reside on the skin and usually don't cause disease |
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