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16 17 28 Vocab Flashcards

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Antibiotic

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Drug kills certain microbes that cause infrction

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Antisepsis

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The procress or procedure and chemical treatments that kill microbes or prevent then from causing an infection

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Asepsis

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The absence of disease

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Carrier

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Human or animal that is a reservoir for microbes

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Clean technique

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Practices used to reduce the number of microbes and prevent their spread from 1 person to another person

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Contamination

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Process of becoming unclean

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Cross contamination

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Passing microbes from 1 person to another by contaminated hands equipment or supplies

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Disinfectant

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Liquid chemical that can kill many or all pathogens except sporesq

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Disinfection

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The process of killing pathogens

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Healthcare associated infections

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An infection that is cause in any setting where health care is given

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Immunity

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Protection from a certain disease

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Infection

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A disease state resulting from an invasion and growth of microbes in the body

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Infection control

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Practices that prevent the spread of infection

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Medical asepsis

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To prevent their spread from 1 person to another person or place(clean techniques)

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Microbe

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Living thing seen only with a microscope

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Microorganisms

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Living thing that seen only with a microscope

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Non pathogen

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A microbe that isnt usually harmful

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Normal flora

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Live and grow in certain areas

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Pathogen

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Is a harmful microbe can cause an infection

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Spore

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Bacterium proceed by a hard shell

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Sterile

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Absence of all microbes

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Sterile field

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A work area free of all non pathogen and pathogens including spores

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Sterile technique

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The practice used to remove all microbes

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Sterilization

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Process of destroying all microbes

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Surgical asepsis

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Practice to remove all microbes

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Vaccinations

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Giving a vaccine to produce immunity against an infectious disease

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Vaccine

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Preparation containing dead or weakened microbes

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Vector

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A carrier that transmits disease

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Vehicle

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Any substance that transmits microbes

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Biohazardous waste

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Items contaminated by blood, body fluids, secretion, or excretion

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Communicable disease

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Caused by a pathogen that is easily spread

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Contagious disease

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Caused by a pathogrn that spreads easily

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Personal protection equipment

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The clothing or equipment worn by staff for protection against a hazard

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Catheter

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A tube used to drain or injection fluid through a body opening

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Catheterization

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Process of inserting a catheter

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Condom catheter

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A soft sheath that slides over the pens and is used to drain urine

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Gravity

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A natural force that pulls downward

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Indwelling catheter

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Catheter left in the bladder so urine drains constantly into a drainage bag

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Retention catheter

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Catheter left in the bladder so urine drains constantly into a drainage bag

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Foley catheter

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Catheter left in the bladder so urine drains constantly into a drainage bag

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Straight catheter

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A catheter that drains the bladder and then is removed

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Supra pubis catheter

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Surgically inserted into the bladder through an incision above the pubis bone

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EPA

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Environmental protection agency

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AIDS

A

Aquired immunodeficiency syndrome

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C diff

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Closttridiodoes Diffcile; Clostridum diffcile

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Cm

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Centimeter

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GI

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Gastro Intestinal

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HAI

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Healthcare Associated infection

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HBV

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Hepatits B Virus

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HIV

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Human Immunodeficiency Virus

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MDRO

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Multidrug resistant organism

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MRSA

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Methicilln Resistant Staphylococcus aureus

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OPIM

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Other potentially infectious materials

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OSHA

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Occupational Safety and health Administration

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PPE

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Personal protecive equipment

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VRE

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Vancomycin Resistant Enterococci

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