chapter 6 vocab Word Scramble
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| Question | Answer |
| airborne precautions | Special actions used for pt's with illnesses transported by airborne droplet nuclei |
| biohazard | materials that may be able to transmit infections. |
| biohazard symbol | symbol on waste container to ensure awareness of controls |
| body mechanics | helps prevent injury and allows efficient lifting, moving, and transfer of pts. |
| category-specific isolation precations | standard precaution used in particular situations such as airborne, droplet and contact precautions. |
| contact precautions | special actions used for pts known to have a skin or wound infection |
| droplet precautions | special actions used for pts known to have or suspected of having illess transmitted by particle droplet |
| ergonomics | study of maximizing work effiency and safety |
| isolation precautions | special actions used when there is a high risk of exposure to specific disease. |
| (P.P.E) personal protective equipment | protects from exposure to pathogens. |
| sharps | needles, glass slides, scalpel blades, and other sharp biohazards materials |
| standard precautions | preventing the spread of disease from exposure to blood or other body fluids |
| stress | bodys response to change |
| universal precautions | measures used to prevent healthcare workers from contact with pathogens |
| C.D.C. | (center of disease control) an agency of the US department of health and human services, for control, prevention, and investigation of dieases |
| GAS | (general adaptation syndrome) the bodys reaction to stress |
| HBV | Hepatitus B Virus |
| HIV | Human Immunodeficency Virus |
| MSDS | (material safety data sheet) paper that accompanies all chemicals with information about safety |
| OSHA | (Occupational Safety and health administration) |
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