Health and Safety Flashcards
What is antiseptic?
A chemical agent which inhibits the growth and multiplcation of bacteria
What does non-pathogenic mean?
Does not produce disease and is not harmful
What do you call the overpopulation of an organism?
Infestation
What do you call the complete destruction of micro-organisms and their cause?
Sterilisation
What is a substance that kills or inhibits fungi and fungal spores?
Fungicide
Whatis a fungicide?
A substance that kills or inhibits fungi and fungal spores
What are classic symptoms of a bacterial infection?
Localised redness, heat, swelling and pain
What do you call infectius agents that are unable to grow or reproduce outside a host cell?
Viruses
What is a bacteriostat?
A substance that stops bacteria from reproducing but does not kill them
Localised redness, heat swelling and pain are classic symptoms of what sort of infection?
Bacterial
What conditions are favourable to the growth of micro-organisms?
Moisture, warmth, darkness, and sufficient food supply
What is a substance that kills bacteria and ideally nothing else?
Bactericide
What are bacteria?
A large group of unicellular organisms that can be either pathogenic or non-pathogenic
What sort of infection grows on the host?
Fungal
A fire extinguisher containg powder has what colour label?
White
In general viral infections are what?
Systemic
What do you call the breathing in of a substance?
Inhalation
What do you call making something clean and sanitary?
Sanitation
What does sterilisation mean?
The complete destruction of micro-organisms and their cause
What do you call the consumption of a substance?
Ingestion
What are the two eays that immunity can be acquired?
Naturally or artificially
What is a chemical agnt which inhibits the growth and multiplication?
Antiseptic
A fire extinguisher containg foam has what colour label?
Blue
What does inhalation mean?
The breathing in of a substance
What does cross-infection mean?
Infection that is transferred from one person to another usually due to poor hygiene practices
What is a chemical or biological agent that stops fungi from reproducing?
Fungistat
What do you call an abnormal condition of an organism that impairs bodily functions and can be deadly?
Disease
What is disease?
An abnormal condition of an organism that impairs bodily functions and can be deadly
A fire extinguisher with a plain label contains what?
Water
What is a fungistat?
A chemical or biological agent that stops fungi from reproducing
A systemic infection is usually what?
Viral
What is a bactericide?
A substance that kills bacteria and ideally nothing else
A fire extinguisher containg water has what colour label?
Plain
What does infection mean?
The detrimental colonisation of a host organism by a foreign species
What do you call something that does not produce disease and is not harmful?
Non-pathogenic
What is disinfectant?
A chemical agent which completely destroys bacteria
What do you call infection transferred from one person to another usually due to poor hygiene practices
Cross-infection
What do you call something that is disease producing and harmful?
Pathogenic
What does the term immunity describe?
A state of having sufficient biological defences to avoid infection, disease, or other unwanted biological invasion
A fire extinguisher with a blue label contains what?
Foam
What is pH?
The unit used to measure the acidity and alkalinity of a substance
What does hygiene refer to?
Practices associated with ensuring good health and cleanliness
What are poisonous substances produced by living cells or organisms?
Toxins
What does aseptic mean?
To be free of bacteria and other micro-organisms that cause disease
What are fungi?
Microscopic plant organisms consisting of many cells that are parasitic in nature as they can’t produce their own food
What does ingestion mean?
The consumption of a substance
What is a substance that stops bacteria from reproducing but does not kill them?
Bacteriostat
What term means to be free bacteria and other micro-organisms that could cause disease?
Aseptic
What term refers to practices associted with ensuring good health and cleanliness?
Hygiene
What do you call the detrimental colonisation of a host organismby a foreign species?
Infection
A fire extinguisher containg carbon dioxide has what colour label?
Black
What does pathogenic mean?
Disease producing and harmful
What is a chemical agent which comletely destroys bacteria?
Disinfectant
What sort of infestation would be itchy due to another organism living on you?
Insect
What does infestation mean?
The overpopulation of an organism
What are toxins?
Poisonous substances produced by living cells or organisms
A fire extinguisher with a black label contains what?
Carbon dioxide
What is a medical term used to describe a state of having sufficient biological defences to avoid infection, disease, or unwanted biological invasion that can be naturally or artificially acquired?
Immunity
A fire extinguisher with a white label contains what?
Powder
What is the unit used to measure the acidity or alkalinity of a substance?
pH
What are viruses?
Infectious agents that are unable to grow or reproduce outside a host cell
What does sanitation mean?
To make something clean and sanitary
