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7 Infection Control Matching
Often called the “flu”, an acute febrile highly contagious viral disease of the respiratory tract
influenza
A procedure that kills all microorganisms including spores
sterilization
Originating in the hospital
nosocomial
The invasion and multiplication of disease-producing organisms in the body
infection
Capable of being transmitted by infection
communicable
An organism that transmits a disease-causing pathogen
vector
Agent that kills microorganisms
disinfectant
Organism that can cause disease in another organism
pathogen
Temporary outgrowth used by some microorganisms as an organ of feeding or locomotion
pseudopod (false foot)
The state of being free of pathogenic organisms
asepsis
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