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HCB Test 2 Exam Questions and Answers 100% Solved What's does infection control involve? - taking steps to prevent the spread of infectious agents Antibacterial - directed or effective against bacteria (KILLS) antiseptic - preventing or arresting the growth of microorganisms Asepsis - the con...

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What's does infection control involve? - ✔✔taking steps to prevent the

spread of infectious agents

Antibacterial - ✔✔directed or effective against bacteria (KILLS)

antiseptic - ✔✔preventing or arresting the growth of microorganisms

Asepsis - ✔✔the condition of being aseptic (absence of pathogens

growing)

aseptic technique - ✔✔preventing infection (reduces the risk of infection)

Bacteria - ✔✔single cell microorganism that multiplies rapidly

blood-borne pathogen - ✔✔A specific causative agent of disease located in

the blood (HIV or hepatitis)

contagious disease - ✔✔infectious disease that is spread through contact

with one who has it, with bodily discharge or an object touched by that

person

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contaminated - ✔✔to soil, stain, or infect by contact or association

(presence of blood or other material that is infectious or potentially

infectious)

direct contact - ✔✔union of body surfaces

disinfectant - ✔✔free from infection (kills agent but not spores)

disinfection - ✔✔process that eliminates agent but not spores

fungi - ✔✔kingdom of parasitic spore-producing eukaryotic that lacks

chlorophyll (molds, rust, mildew)

Health care-associated infections (HAIs) - ✔✔Nosocomial infection that

occurs in a hospital, happens within 72 hours of being admitted, mostly due

to lack of care

infection - ✔✔infective agent contaminated with an infective agent

isolation - ✔✔separation for a period of time to prevent or limit transmission

of infectious agent

microorganism - ✔✔organism of microscopic or ultramicroscopic size

pathogen - ✔✔disease or virus that produces infection

Standard Precautions - ✔✔group of infection prevention that applies to all

patients

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Infection Control Concepts - ✔✔standard precautions are concepts in

which all body fluids are assumed to be infected with blood-borne

pathogens

chain of infection - ✔✔sequence of events that must occur to develop an

infection

Infectious Agent (pathogen) - ✔✔disease causing microorganism

What are the common types of infectious agents? - ✔✔bacteria, viruses,

protozoa, fungi, and helminths

bacteria - ✔✔multiply rapidly, can transmit to each other

viruses - ✔✔DNA or RNA encased in protein, cannot reproduce outside of

a living host cell

protozoa - ✔✔unicellular microorganisms that infect the blood, brain, etc

helminths - ✔✔parasitic worms

reservoir - ✔✔the place where pathogens grow, could or could not multiply

portal of exit - ✔✔a route for pathogens to leave the host

mode of transmission - ✔✔the way the infectious agent moves to another

source

what is the most frequent source of HAIs? - ✔✔contact

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