Preventing Infection Terminology Flashcards
Asepsis
Process of removing pathogens
Bacteria
Single called microbes
Biohazord waste
Item contaminated by bbf
Carriers
Person who carries infection without having an active infection
Clean technique
Medical asepsis
C diff
Bacteria that causes diarrhea/colitis
Communicable disease
Disease caused by microbes, spread easily
Communicable phase
Period when person is infectious
Contamination
Process of being exposed to micro organisms
Disinfection
Process of destroying pathogens
Droplet
Small drop of liquid
Endospore
Protective shell for bacteria/virus
Febrile respiratory illness
Infections like flu
Fomite
Any nonliving organism that is capable of carrying infectious organisms
Fungi
Microbes that live on organic matter
Health care associated infection
When patient get infected from staff
Incubation period
Time between exposure to pathogen and appearance of signs and symptoms
Infection
Disease state resulting from infection and growth of pathogen
Infection control
Policies and procedures to prevent spread of infection
Methicillin resistant
MRO that resists antibiotic methicillian
Microbe
Organism that can be seen under microscope
MRO
Strain of bacteria that is resistant to anti biotics
Non pathogen
Microbe that does not usually cause harm
Normal flora
Microbes that library in skin, mucus, and gastrointestinal tract
Organism
Single or multicellular creature
Pathogen
Microbe that causes harm
Standard practices
Guidelines that precent spread of infections from bbf
Sterile
Free of all microbes
TB
Bacterial infection that usually affects lungs
Vector
Organism that spreadsheet infection but is not the cause
Virus
Infectious particles that infect living cells
