Ch 16 Vocab

Question 1

Antibiotic

Answer 1

Drug that kills certain microbes that cause infection

Question 2

Antisepsis

Answer 2

Process/procedures/chemical treatments that kill microbes or prevent them from causing an infection
(Anti=against, sepsis= infection)

Question 3

Biohazardous waste

Answer 3

Items contaminated with blood, body fluids, secretions/excretions
(Bio= life, hazardous= dangerous)

Question 4

Carrier

Answer 4

Human or animal that is a reservoir for microbes but doesn’t develop infection

Question 5

Asepsis

Answer 5

Absence of disease producing microbes (sepsis= infection)

Question 6

Communicable disease

Contagious disease

Answer 6

Disease caused by pathogens that spread easily (contagious disease)

Question 7

Contamination

Answer 7

Process of becoming unclean

Question 8

Cross-contamination

Answer 8

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

Question 9

Disinfectant

Answer 9

Liquid chemical that can kill many/all pathogens except spores

Question 10

Disinfection

Answer 10

Process of killing pathogens

Question 11

Healthcare-associated infection (HAI)

Answer 11

Infection that develops in person cares for in any health care setting
(Related to receiving health care)

Question 12

Immunity

Answer 12

Protection against a certain disease

Question 13

Infection

Answer 13

Disease state resulting from invasion and growth of microbes in body

Question 14

Infection control

Answer 14

Practices and procedures that prevent spread of infection

Question 15

Medical asepsis

Answer 15

Practices used to reduce number of microbes and prevent their spread from 1 person/place to the next - clean technique

Question 16

Microorganism

Microbe

Answer 16

Small living thing only seen with microscope

Question 17

Non-pathogen

Answer 17

Microbe that does not usually cause infection

Question 18

Normal flora

Answer 18

Microbes that live and grow in certain area (respiratory tract, intestines, skin)

Question 19

Pathogen

Answer 19

Microbe that’s harmful and causes infection

Question 20

Reservoir

Answer 20

Environment in which microbe lives and grows (host)

Question 21

Spore

Answer 21

Bacterium protected by hard shell

Question 22

Sterile

Answer 22

Absence of ALL microbes

Question 23

Sterile field

Answer 23

Work area free of ALL pathogens, non- pathogens, and spores

Question 24

Sterile technique

Surgical asepsis

Answer 24

(Surgical asepsis) - practices used to remove ALL microbes

Question 25

Vaccination

Answer 25

Giving vaccine to produce immunity against infectious disease

Question 26

Vaccine

Answer 26

Preparation containing dead/weakened microbes

Question 27

Vector

Answer 27

Carrier (animal, insect) that transmits disease

Question 28

Vehicle

Answer 28

Any substance that transmits microbes

Question 29

AIDS (abbreviation)

Answer 29

Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome

Question 30

CDC (abbreviation)

Answer 30

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Question 31

cm (abbreviation)

Answer 31

Centimeters

Question 32

EPA (abbreviation)

Answer 32

Environmental Protection Agency

Question 33

GI (abbreviation)

Answer 33

Castro-Intestinal

Question 34

HAI (abbreviation)

Answer 34

Healthcare-Associated Infection

Question 35

HBV (abbreviation)

Answer 35

Hepatitis B Virus

Question 36

HIV (abbreviation)

Answer 36

Human Immunodeficiency Virus

Question 37

MDRO (abbreviation)

Answer 37

Multidrug-Resistant Organism

Question 38

MRSA (abbreviation)

Answer 38

Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus

Question 39

OPIM (abbreviation)

Answer 39

Other Potentially Infectious Materials

Question 40

OSHA (abbreviation)

Answer 40

Occupational Safety and Health Administration

Question 41

PPE (abbreviation)

Answer 41

Personal Protective Equipment

Question 42

TB (Abbreviation)

Answer 42

Tuberculosis

Question 43

VRE (abbreviation)

Answer 43

Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci