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antibacterial - directed or effective against bacteria
antiseptic - preventing or arresting the growth of microorganisms
Asepsis - The condition of being aseptic
Bacteria - Any of a domain of prokaryotic round, spiral, or rod shaped single-called microorganisms that
may lack cell walls or are gram-positive or gram-negative
Blood-born pathogen - a specific causative agent (as a bacterium or virus) of disease located in the blood
contagious disease - An infectious disease communicable by contact with one who has it, with a bodily
discharge of such a patient, or with an object touched by the patient
Contaminated - To soil, stain, or infect by contact or association
Direct contact - Union or junction of body surfaces
Disinfectant - To free from infection especially by destroying harmful microorganisms
Disinfection - To free from infection especially by destroying harmful microorganisms- the process
Fungi - Any of the kingdom fungi of saprophytic and parasitic spore-producing eukaryotic typically
filamentous organisms formerly classified as plants that lack chlorophyll and include molds , rusts,
mildews, smuts, mushrooms, and yeasts
Health care-associated infections (HAIs) - Also known as Nosocomial Infection; Acquired or occurring in a
hospital.
, infection - An infective agent or material contaminated with an infective agent
Isolation - A separation for the period of communicability of infected people or animals from others, so
as to prevent or limit the direct or I detect transmission of the infectious agent from those who are
infected to those who are susceptible
microorganism - an organism of microscopic or ultramicroscopic size
Pathogen - disease-producing microorganism
Standard precautions - A group of infection prevention practices that apply to all patients, regardless of
suspected or confirmed diagnosis or presumed infection status
Infection Control Concepts - standard precautions are concepts in which all body fluids are assumed to
be infected with blood-borne pathogens
chain of infection - A sequence of circumstances where all events must occur to develop an infection
Infectious agents (pathogens) - Disease causing microorganism.
Bacteria - Single cell microorganisms that multiply rapidly
Viruses - DNA or RNA is encased in a protein coating. Viruses can not reproduce outside of a living host
cell
Protozoa - Unicellular microorganisms that can infect the blood, brain, intestines, and other body areas
Fungi - Tiny, primitive organisms that contain no chlorophyll
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