Chain Of Infection Vocabulary

Question 1

Airborne Precautions

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Strategies for preventing the transmission of a disease spread by tiny particles that remain suspended in the air, such as chickenpox or measles

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Aseptic Techniques

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Methods used to maintain a pathogen-free condition

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Carrier

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A person or animal that carries an infectious agent but does not show symptoms of disease

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Central Line

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A catheter inserted into a large vein that allows fluids or medications to be given to a patient intravenously

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Chain Of Infection

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A series of connected steps that explains how infectious diseases are spread

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Clostridium Difficile

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A type of bacteria that causes diarrhea, fever, nausea, and abdominal pain in hosts

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Contact Precautions

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Strategies for preventing the transmission of diseases spread by direct or indirect contact, such as infections causing diarrhea

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Direct Methods

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Transmission methods that involve person-to-person contact

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Droplet Precautions

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Strategies for preventing the transmission of a disease spread by droplets released through sneezing and coughing

Question 10

Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia

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A case of pneumonia that is contracted in a healthcare setting

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Host

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A person who lacks the ability to fight off an incoming infectious agent

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Immunization

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A biological protection against a specific disease

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Indirect Methods

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Transmission methods that involve contact with either a nonhuman living carrier or an inanimate object

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Infection

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An Invasion and multiplication of microorganisms, such as bacteria, viruses, and parasites, that are not normally present in the body

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Infectious Agents

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Disease-causing bodies

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Intravenously

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Through the blood

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Isolation Precautions

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Methods used to physically prevent the transmission of infection

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Microorganisms

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A living thing that is invisible to the unaided eye

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Nosocomial Infection

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An infection that a person acquires while being treated in a hospital or medical clinic

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Pathogen

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An infectious agent

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Pneumonia

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A lung infection that can be caused by many different pathogens

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Portal Of Entry

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A way into a host’s body

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Portal Of Exit

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A way for the pathogen to leave an infected host

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Reservoir

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A place where infectious agents thrive

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Standard Precautions

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A set of practices used to help prevent the transmission of infection

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Surgical-Site Infection

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An infection that occurs at the location of a surgery

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Urinary Catheter

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A tube inserted into the urinary tract to allow urine to drain without requiring the patient to get out of bed

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Urinary Tract Infection

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An infection of the urinary tract or a connected organ, such as the kidney or bladder

Question 29

Vaccine

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A weakened or dead version of an infectious agent that is injected into the body