Terminology Of Asepsis & Sterile Technique

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aseptic technique

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Methods practiced by the surgical team to prevent microbial contamination of the surgical environment.

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antiseptic

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Substance commonly used on living tissue to inhibit the growth and reproduction of microbes to prevent infection.

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asepsis

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Absence of pathogenic microorganisms

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Bacteriocidal

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Substance that destroy/ kills bacteria

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Bacteriostatic

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Substance that inhibits the growth and reproduction of bacteria

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Bioburden

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The number of microbes or amount of organic debris on an object at any given time.

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Contamination

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The presence of pathogenic materials

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Cross contamination

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The contamination of a person or object by another.

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Decontamination

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To reduce to an irreducible minimum the presence of pathogenic material

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Disinfection

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Chemical agent that kills most microbes but usually not spores; usually used on inanimate objects because these compounds are usually too strong to be used on living tissue

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Event-related sterility

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Sterility determined by how a package is handled rather than time elapsed; a package is considered sterile until opened or the integrity of packing material is damaged.

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Fomite

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Inanimate object that harbors microorganisms.

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Fungicide

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Agent that destroys fungus

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Infection

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Invasion of the human body or tissue by pathogenic microorganisms that reproduce and multiply, causing disease

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Nosocomial

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Infection acquired within a health care facility

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Pathogen

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Any microbe capable of causing disease

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Resident flora

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Microbes that normally reside below the skin surface or within the body

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Sepsis

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Infection, usually accompanied by fever that results from the presence of pathogenic microorganisms

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Spore

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A resistant form of certain types of bacteria that are able to survive in adverse conditions

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Sporicide

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Substance that kills destroys bacteria in the spore stage

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Sterile

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Having been rendered free of all living microorganisms, including spores

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Sterile field

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Specified area usually the area immediately around patient that is considered free of microorganisms

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Sterile technique

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Techniques of creating a sterile field and performing within the sterile field to keep microbes at an irreducible minimum

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Sterilization

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The destruction of all microorganisms including spores on inanimate surfaces through the use of steam or chemical sterilization, electron bombardment or irradiation

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Surgically clean

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Mechanically clean and chemically disinfected but not sterile.

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Strike-through contamination

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Contamination of a sterile field that occurs through the passage of fluid through or a puncture in a microbial barrier

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Terminal disinfection

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to render items safe to handle by high-level of disinfection.

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Terminal sterilization

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to render items safe to handle by sterilization

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Transient flora

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Microbes that reside on the skin surface and are easily removed.

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Vector

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living carrier that transmits disease

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Virucid

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agent that destroys viruses