Chapter 10 ebook Flashcards
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Aseptic Techniques
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measures that reduce or eliminate microorganisms
2
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Microorganisms
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living animals or plants visible only though a microscope are commonly called microbes or germs
dividing into two groups: Pathogens and non pathogens
3
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Non pathogens
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live abundantly and perpetually on and within the human body
Non pathogens assume one of the two relationships with the human hose-mutually beneficial or neither harming nor helping the host
4
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Pathogens
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have a high potential causing infectious communicable disease.
5
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Chain of infection
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- An infectious agent
- A reservoir for growth and reproduction
- An exit route from the reservoir
- A means of transmission
- A portal of entry
- A susceptible host