Skills: Chapter 10 - Asepsis

Question 1

Aerobic bacteria

Answer 1

Require oxygen to live

Question 2

Anaerobic bacteria

Answer 2

Exist w/o oxygen

Question 3

Antimicrobial agents

Answer 3

Chemicals that destroy or suppress the growth of infectious microorganisms.

Question 4

Antiseptics

Answer 4

Also known as bacteriostatic agents-inhibit the growth of but do not kill, microorganisms

Question 5

Asepsis

Answer 5

Refers to those practices that decrease or eliminate infectious agents, their reservoirs, and vehicles for transmission.

Question 6

Aseptic techniques

Answer 6

Measures that reduce or eliminate microorganisms.

Question 7

Biological defense mechanisms

Answer 7

Methods that prevent microorganisms from causing an infectious disorder.

Question 8

Carriers

Answer 8

Asymptomatic clients or animals who harbor pathogens but do not show evidence of an infectious agent

Question 9

Chain of infection

Answer 9

The sequence that enables the spread of the disease producing microorganisms.

Question 10

Communicable diseases

Answer 10

Diseases that can be transmitted to other people

Also known as community-acquired infections and contagious diseases.

Question 11

Concurrent disinfection

Answer 11

Measures that keep the client environment clean in a daily basis

Question 12

Disinfectants

Answer 12

Germicides and bactericides-destroy microorganisms but not spores

Question 13

Exit route

Answer 13

How microorganisms escape from their original reservoir and move about

Question 14

Fomites

Answer 14

Nonliving reservoirs

Question 15

Hand asepsis

Answer 15

Means the removal and destruction of transient microorganisms without soap and water

Question 16

Hand hygiene

Answer 16

Refers to removing surface contaminants in the skin by either hand washing or hand antisepsis

Question 17

Means of transmission

Answer 17

How infectious microorganisms move to another location.

Question 18

Medical asepsis

Answer 18

Means those practices that confine or reduce the numbers of microorganisms

Question 19

Microorganisms

Answer 19

Living animals or plants visible only through a microscope

Question 20

Nonpathogen

Answer 20

Normal flora- harmless, beneficial microorganisms

Question 21

Nosocomial infections

Answer 21

Infections acquired while a person is receiving care in a health care agency

Question 22

Opportunistic infections

Answer 22

Infectious disorders among people with compromised health

Question 23

Pathogens

Answer 23

Microorganisms that cause illness

Question 24

Portal of entry

Answer 24

Where the microorganisms find their way into or into a new host

Question 25

Reservoir

Answer 25

Where microbes grow and reproduce

Question 26

Resident microorganisms

Answer 26

Generally nonpathogens that are constantly present on the skin

Question 27

Spore

Answer 27

A temporarily inactive microbial life form that resist heat and destructive chemicals and can survive w/o moisture

Question 28

Sterile field

Answer 28

A work area free of microorganisms

Question 29

Sterile technique

Answer 29

Practices that avoid contaminating microbe-free items

Question 30

Sterilization

Answer 30

Physical and chemical techniques that destroy all microorganisms including spores

Question 31

Surgical asepsis

Answer 31

Measures that render supplies and equipment totally free of microorganisms

Question 32

Susceptible host

Answer 32

One whose biological defense mechanisms are weakened in some way

Question 33

Terminal disinfection

Answer 33

More thorough than concurrent disinfection and consists of measures used to clean a clients environment after discharge.

Question 34

Transient microorganisms

Answer 34

Pathogens picked up during brief contact with contaminated reservoirs

Question 35

Viral load

Answer 35

The number of viral copies

Question 36

Virulence

Answer 36

The extent of dangerousness