Vocab Flashcards
microorganisms
Live and grow on inanimate objects and in air, water, food, soil, plants, animals. Most are non-pathogens. bacteria, viruses, fungi, protozoa etc
Pathogen
capable of causing disease
Susceptible
degree of resistance to pathogens
Virulent
the ability to produce disease
Asepsis
the absence of pathogenic (disease-producing) microorganisms
Medical asepsis
clean technique. Procedures to reduce and prevent the spread of microorganisms
Disinfected
elimination of all pathogens except bacterial spores
sterile
all microorganisms and destroyed.
Nosocomial infection
infection acquired after admission to a health care facility that was not present or incubating at time of admission.
contaminated
to make impure or unsuitable by contact or mixture with something unclean, bad
contagious
capable of being transmitted by bodily contact with an infected person or object
infection
invasion of the body by pathogenic microorganisms
base of support
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body alignment
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center of gravity
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