Chapter 15

Question 1

airborne precautions

Answer 1

methods of infection control that mist be used for patients known or suspected to be infected with pathogens transmitted by airborne droplet nuclei.

Question 1

antisepsis

Answer 1

aspetic control that inhibits, retards growth of, or kills pathogenic organisms; not effective against spores and viruses.

Question 2

asepsis

Answer 2

being free from infection

Question 3

bacteria

Answer 3

one-celled microorganisms, some of which are beneficial and some of which cause disease.

Question 4

bioterroism

Answer 4

the use of biological agents, such as pathogens, for terrorist purposes.

Question 5

chain of infection

Answer 5

factors that lead to the transmission or spread of disease.

Question 6

communicable disease

Answer 6

disease that is transmitted from one individual to another.

Question 7

contact precautions

Answer 7

methods of infection control that mist be used for patients known or suspected to be infected with epidemiological microorganisms that can be transmitted by either direct or indirect contact.

Question 8

contaminated

Answer 8

containing infection or infectious, organisms or germs.

Question 9

disinfection

Answer 9

aseptic-control method that destroys pathogens but does not usually kill spores and viruses.

Question 10

droplet precautions

Answer 10

methods of infection control that must be used for patients known or suspected to be infected with pathogens transmitted by large particle droplets expelled during coughing, sneezing, talking, or laughing.

Question 11

endogenous

Answer 11

infection or disease originating within the body.

Question 12

epidemic

Answer 12

an infectious disease that affects a large number of people within a population, community, or a region at the same time.

Question 13

exogenous

Answer 13

infection or disease originating outside of or external to the body.

Question 14

fomites

Answer 14

any substance or object that adheres to and transmits infectious material.

Question 15

fungi

Answer 15

group of simple, plantlike animals that live on dead organic matter.

Question 16

infectious agent

Answer 16

a pathogen, such as bacterium or virus that can cause a disease.

Question 17

mode of transmission

Answer 17

a way that the infectious agent can be transmitted to another reservoir or host where it can live.

Question 18

pandemic

Answer 18

an infectious disease that affects many people over a wide geographic area; a worldwide epidemic

Question 19

personal protective equipment

Answer 19

protective barriers such as a mask, gown, gloves, and protective eye wear that help protect a person from contract with infectious

Question 20

protective isolation

Answer 20

technique sued to provide care the patients requiring protection from organisms in the environment

Question 21

standard precautions

Answer 21

recommendations that must be followed to prevent transmission of pathogenic organisms by way of blood and body fluids.

Question 22

sterile

Answer 22

free of all organisms, including spores and viruses.

Question 23

transmission based precautions

Answer 23

methods of techniques of caring for patients who have communicable diseases.

Question 24

viruses

Answer 24

one of a large group of very small microorganisms, many of which cause disease.