Medical Asepsis

Question 1

CDC= Center of Disease Control

Answer 1

Provides recommendations to keep patients and workers safe according to established best practices

Question 2

OSHA= Occupational Safety & Heath Administration

Answer 2

Employee safety in a health care setting and infection control is a big one

Question 3

Non-pathogens

Answer 3

Not harmful to the body

Question 4

Pathogens (germs)

Answer 4

Harm the body

Question 5

Vectors

Answer 5

A living thing that carries pathogens

Question 6

Fomites

Answer 6

Any nonliving object or substance capable of carrying infectious organisms

Question 7

Aerobic

Answer 7

Grows best with oxygen

Question 8

Anaerobic

Answer 8

Grows best without oxygen

Question 9

Microbe types

Answer 9

Bacteria, Viruses, Fungi, Parasites

Question 10

Endogenous Infection

Answer 10

Originates within the body

Question 11

Exogenous Infection

Answer 11

Originates outside of the body

Question 12

Nosocomial Infection

Answer 12

Acquired in a health care facility

Question 13

Opportunistic

Answer 13

Infections that occur when the body’s defenses are down