C. 17 Medical Asepsis and the OSHA standard
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Aerobe | A microorganism that needs oxygen to live and grow. |
| Anaerobe | A microorganism that grows best in the absence of oxygen |
| Antiseptic | An agent that inhibits the growth of or kills microorganisms |
| Asepsis | Free from infections or pathogens; actions practiced to keep area free of infection/pathogens |
| Blood Bourne Pathogens | Pathogenic microorganisms capable of causing disease that are present in human blood |
| cilia | slender, hairlike projections that constantly beat toward the outside to remove microorganisms from the body. |
| contaminate | to soil or to make impure. |
| Decontamination | The use of physical or chemical means to destroy pathogens on a surface/item to the point where they are no longer capable of transmitting infectious particles. The surface/item is rendered safe for handling, use, or disposal. |
| Exposure Incident | A specific Eye, mouth, other mucous membrane, nonintact skin, or other parenteral contact with blood/potentially infectious materials that results from an employees duties |
| Hand Hygiene | The process of cleansing or sanitizing the hands |
| heterotrophs | organism that uses organic or living substances for food |
| Infection | The condition in which the body or part of it is invaded by a pathogen. |
| Microorganism | A microscopic plant or animal |
| Nonintact skin | Skin that has a break in the surface. It includes, but is not limited to, abrasions, cuts, hangnails, paper cuts, and burns. |
| Nonpathogen | A microorganism that does not normally produce disease |
| Occupational Exposure | reasonably anticipated skin, eye, mucous membrane, or parenteral contact with blood/potentially infectious materials that may be because of the emlolyees duties |
| Pathogen | A disease producing microorganism. |
| parenteral | Pertaining to administration other than through the intestinal tract |
| Opportunistic infection | an infection that results from a defective immune system that can't defend itself from pathogens. |
| optimum growth temperature | temperature at which each microorganisms grows best. Most grow best at 98.6 |
| pH | The degree to which a solution is acidic or basic |
| Postexposure prophylasix (PEP) | Treatment administered to an individual after exposure to an infectious disease to prevent the disease |
| Regualted Medical Waste (RMW) | Any waste that poses a threat to health and safety. |
| Reservoir host | The organism that becomes infected by a pathogen and serves as a source of transfer of the pathogen to others. |
| Resident flora (Normal flora) | Harmless, nonpathogenic microorganisms that normally reside on the skin and usually do not cause disease. |
| Susceptible | Easily affected; lacking resistance |
| Transient Flora | Microorganisms that reside on the superficial skin layers and are picked up in the course of daily activities |
| 6 Growth requirements for microorganisms | Proper nutrition, oxygen, temperature, darkness, moisture, and pH |
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