| A | B |
|---|
| Asepsis | free of disease producing microbes |
| biohazardous waste | for items contaminated with blood, secretions, excretions, etc. |
| communicable disease | easily spread; contagious |
| contamination | state of uncleanliness |
| disinfection | destroying pathogens |
| infection | invasion and growth of microbes |
| normal flora | protective microbe |
| pathogen | causes an infection |
| sterile field | area free of all pathogens |
| surgical asepsis | keeping all items free of all microbes |
| nosocomial infection | attaches to patient during hospitalization |
| sterilization | high temperature used to destroy pathogen, non-pathogens and spores |
| air borne precautions | measles, TB, chicken pox |
| droplet precautions | influenza, pertusis, meningitis, pnuemonia |
| exposure control plan | manual tells of staff at risk for exposure to blood and opim |
