Chapter 3 Key Terms

Question 1

Biohazard

Answer 1

Any material or substance harmful to health

Question 2

Chain of infection

Answer 2

A number of components or events that when present in a series lead to an infection

Question 3

HBV

Answer 3

Hepatitis B virus, the virus that causes hepatitis B

Question 4

HCV

Answer 4

Hepatitis C virus

Question 5

HIV

Answer 5

(Human immunodeficiency virus)

The virus that causes acquired immune deficiency syndrome or (AIDS)

Question 6

Immune

Answer 6

Protected from or resistant to a particular disease or infection because of the development of antibody against a particular vaccination or recovery

Question 7

Infectious/causative agent

Answer 7

The pathogen responsible for causing an infection

Question 8

Isolation procedures

Answer 8

Isolation procedures separate patients with certain transmissible infections

Question 9

Microbe

Answer 9

Short for micro organism; a microscopic organism or one that is not visible to the naked eye

Question 10

Pathogenic

Answer 10

Capable of causing disease

Question 11

Pathogens

Answer 11

Microbes capable of causing disease

Question 12

Percutaneous

Answer 12

Through the skin

Question 13

Permucosal

Answer 13

Through mucous membranes

Question 14

PPE

Answer 14

Personal protective equipment

Question 15

Reservoir

Answer 15

The source of an infectious microorganism

Question 16

Reverse isolation

Answer 16

Same as protective isolation

Question 17

Standard precautions

Answer 17

Precautions to use in caring for all patients regardless of diagnosis or perceived infection status that are intended to minimize the risk of infections transmission from both recognized and unrecognized sources. They apply to blood, or body fluids (including all secretions and excretions except sweat, whether or not they contain visible blood), non-intact skin, and mucous membranes

Question 18

Susceptible host

Answer 18

And individual who has a little resistance to an infectious agent

Question 19

Transmission-based precautions

Answer 19

Precautions used in addition to standard precautions for patients known or suspected to be infected or colonized with highly transmissible or epidemiologically significant pathogens

Question 20

Vector transmission

Answer 20

Transmissions of an infectious agent by an insect, arthropod, or animal

Question 21

Vehicle transmission

Answer 21

Transmission of infectious agent through contaminated food, water, drugs, or transfusion of blood

Question 22

Work practice controls

Answer 22

Practices that alter the manner in which a task is performed to reduce the likelihood of bloodborne pathogen exposure