Vocab #3

Question 1

closed gloving

Answer 1

method of putting on sterile gloves in which the hands are kept hidden within the sleeves of a sterile gown during gloving

Question 2

open gloving

Answer 2

method of putting on sterile gloves when the person is not wearing a sterile gown or the hands are protruding through the ends of the gown sleeves

Question 3

immediate use steam sterilization (IUSS) or flash sterilization

Answer 3

emergency sterilization in which the instrument is placed unwrapped in an autoclave and taken directly to surgery following sterilization

Question 4

fenestration

Answer 4

to make an opening

Question 5

scrub

Answer 5

applying an antiseptic to reduce an animal’s skin normal flora in preparation for a sterile procedure

Question 6

sterile

Answer 6

a complete absence of microbes and has undergone a cleaning process to achieve this state

Question 7

non-sterile

Answer 7

may or may not be contaminated with pathogens

Question 8

sterile field

Answer 8

an area that has been prepared for the use of sterile equipment
it includes the area around the wound, incision site, or body orifice into which an instrument or catheter will be passed and also includes the area covered by sterile drapes and the sterile region of properly attired personnel

Question 9

sterile technique

Answer 9

creating a sterile field and working within by not contaminating it with non-sterile objects

Question 10

strike-through

Answer 10

when fluid penetrates a surgical drape or gown
it creates a pathway for for organisms to invade the sterile field

Question 11

instrument milk

Answer 11

milky lubricant solution used for the protection of surgical instruments from corrosion and rusting

Question 12

antiseptic

Answer 12

an antimicrobial agent that kills or inhibits the growth of microorganisms on the external surfaces of the body

Question 13

autoclave

Answer 13

a machine that uses pressurized steam to sterilize objects

Question 14

EO sterilization

Answer 14

ethylene oxide is a gaseous substance used as a sterilant for instruments and articles that would be damaged by steam sterilization

Question 15

disinfection

Answer 15

application of an agent that has the ability of destroying or inhibiting the growth of microbes
only use on inanimate objects

Question 16

sterilization

Answer 16

process to rid an object of all living microbes

Question 17

microbe

Answer 17

a living organism too small to be seen with the naked eye

Question 18

prion

Answer 18

a small proteinaceous infectious disease-causing agent that is believed to be the smallest infectious particle
neither bacterial nor fungal nor viral and contains no genetic material

Question 19

virus

Answer 19

an ultramicroscopic, metabolically inert, infectious agent that replicates only within the cells of living hosts, mainly bacteria, plants, and animals
composed of an RNA or DNA core, a protein coat, and in more complex types, a surrounding envelope

Question 20

airborne transmission

Answer 20

the passage of microorganisms suspended in the air on water droplets or dust particles that enter the host by inhalation

Question 21

bacteriostatic

Answer 21

arresting the growth or multiplication of bacteria

Question 22

colonization

Answer 22

the presence and multiplication of microorganisms without tissue invasion or damage
the infected individual demonstrates no signs or symptoms of infection, while the potential to infect others still exists

Question 23

infectious agent

Answer 23

a microbial organism with the ability to cause disease
the greater the organism’s virulence (ability to grow and multiply), invasiveness (ability to enter tissue), and pathogenicity (ability to cause disease), the greater the possibility that the organism will cause an infection
infectious agents are bacteria, viruses, fungi, and parasites

Question 24

nosocomial infection

Answer 24

an infection acquired during hospitalization

Question 25

vehicle of transmission

Answer 25

the transfer of microorganisms by way of contaminated items

Question 26

infection

Answer 26

relationship between a parasite and its host, a result