Chapter 12 and 17 Vocab Flashcards
Bloodborne Pathogen
Organisms transferred through blood or bodily fluids that cause infectious disease.
Active Immunity
Immunity that is artificially acquired from immunizations; sometimes called adaptive immunity.
Droplet Transmission
A disease that occurs from splash or splatter to the mucosa or nonintact skin.
Exposure control plan
A plan that explains exposure determination for employees to help minimize occupational exposure to bloodborne pathogens.
Latent infection
An ongoing infection with recurrent symptoms
Opportunistic infection
An infection that is normally cause by nonpathogenic organism in people with weakened immune systems
Passive immunity
Immunity from an outside source that lasts for a short time
Standard precautions
A standard of care that protects health care workers from pathogens that are spread by blood and other potentially infectious material.
Universal precautions
Precautions used to protect patients and health care workers from coming into contact with contaminated bodily fluids
Biological indicators
Spore tests that contain bacterial spores; used to determine if sterilization has occurred.
Critical Items
items that penetrate soft tissue and directly contact bone, blood, and other bodily fluids.
Disinfection
Process that prevents growth of disease carrying microorganisms
Noncritical items
items that come in contact with intact skin only
Semicritical items
Items that come in contact with tissues, but do not penetrate soft tissue or bone.
Sterilization
A process that kills all living microorganisms; the ability to destroy all living organisms and endospores
