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Terminology Flashcards

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Accreditation Standards

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Establishes criteria for institutional quality and sets forth evaluation of post secondary career schools and colleges.

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Antibody

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a blood protein produced in response to and counteracting a specific antigen (toxins)

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Autoclave

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known as steam sterilizers, a machine that uses steam under pressure to kill harmful bacteria, viruses, fungi, and spores on items that are placed inside a pressure vessel

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Bacillus Atrophaeus Spores

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Spore-forming bacterium that has been established as industrial bacteria in the production of biological indicators for sterilization.

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Bioburden

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The number of bacteria living on a surface that has not been sterilized

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Biofilms

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a thin, slimy film of bacteria that adheres to a surface.

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Biological Indicator (BI)

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Living organisms that are used as a potential tool to monitor the changes of either +/- in environmental health impact.

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Bloodborne Pathogens

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Infectious microorganisms in human blood that can cause disease in humans

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Bowie-Dick type test

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Helps ensure that air is properly removed from sterilization chambers, as a result loads are fully penetrated with steam

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CDC

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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention serves as the national focus for developing and applying disease prevention and control, environmental health, and health promotion and health education activities designed to improve the health of the people of the United States.

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Central Instrument Processing Area

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Area that receives, clean, decontaminate, package, and sterilise medical devices that can be distributed

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Chemical Indicator

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A substance that gives a visible sign, usually by a colour change, of the presence or absence of a threshold concentration of a chemical species

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Chemical Vapor Sterilization

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chemical-vapor sterilization involves heating a chemical solution in a closed pressurized chamber.

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Cleaning - Manually

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The physical removal of all visible soil or gross debris from an item to render that item safe for handling.

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Cleaning -Mechanical

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The mechanical cleaning action of washer/disinfectors relies on spray arm technology with pressurized water to help clean surgical instruments or other reusable devices.

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Contaminated

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the action or state of making or being made impure

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Control Biological Indicator

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Biological indicators, or spore tests, are the most accepted means of monitoring sterilization because they assess the sterilization process directly by killing known highly resistant microorganisms

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Decontamination

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removes or destroys infectious agents; to make clean

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Disassembly

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To take or break down a item for cleaning

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Disinfectant

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eliminates many OR all microorganisms, except some bacterial spores

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Distilled water

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both organic and inorganic substances have been removed from the water

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Dry heat sterilizers

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using blown hot air to eliminate or deactivate all forms of life inside the chamber of an industrial oven

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Ethylene oxide sterilization

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Used to sterilize critical items (and sometimes semicritical items) that are moisture or heat sensitive and cannot be sterilized by steam sterilization.

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Event Related Packaging

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any event that compromises the integrity of the barrier enclosing the sterilized material

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Flash sterilization

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Flash sterilization is a modification of conventional steam sterilization (either gravity, prevacuum, or steam-flush pressure-pulse) in which the flashed item is placed in an open tray or is placed in a specially designed, covered, rigid container to allow for rapid penetration of steam.

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Germicide

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A substance or other agent that destroys harmful microorganisms; an antiseptic.

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Huck Towel

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Huck towels, also often referred to as surgical towels, are 100% cotton, very absorbent, and extremely low lint cloths

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Geobacillus stearothermophilus spores

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a thermophilic, aerobic bacterium, which produces heat-resistant spores.

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Implantable Device

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an instrument that is either wholly or partially introduced into the body.

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Mechanical indicators

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Assess a cycle’s temperature, pressure, and time by noting gauges or displays on the sterilizer

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Microbicidal

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Any substance or process that kills germs

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Pasteurization

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heating a liquids to less than 212f for a few minutes or even seconds, and then cooling it immediately

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Sagittal

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Vertical; left and right

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Midsagittal

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Directly down the middle

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Parasagittal

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Uneven down the middle

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Oblique

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Any angle not parallel or right angle

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Frontal

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The front side of the body

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Transverse

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Horizontal; upper and lower

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Superior

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Upper body

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Cornal plane

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Divides the front and back side

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Inferior

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Lower body

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Anterior

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Front side

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Posterior

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Back side

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Lateral

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Side

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Medial

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Middle of the body

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Prone

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Face down

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Supine

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Face up

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Distal

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Farthest away from point

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Proximal

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Closest to point

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Anatomy

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Study of structure & relationship between body parts

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Physiology

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Study of the function of body parts & body as a whole

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OSHA

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Occupational safety health administration

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PPE

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Personal protection equipment

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What is Asepsis

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The absence of microorganisms that cause disease.

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What is the Aseptic technique

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Any activity or procedure that prevents infection or breaks the chain of infection

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What is Surgical Asepsis?

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Procedures preformed to eliminate or prevent the presence of all microorganisms into an area.

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What are the principles of Asepsis ?

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Know what is CLEAN
know what is DIRTY
know what is STERILE

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