| A | B |
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| Bloodborne Pathogens | Disease causing microorganisms that are present in human blood and can cause disease in humans. |
| C-diff | Clostridium difficile is a spore forming bacteria found naturally in the intestines - if seen in abnormally large amount will cause foul smelling watery stools. |
| Contaminated | Dirty; unclean; soiled with germs |
| Disinfection | The process of destroying most |
| Exposure incident | A mucous membrane; non-intact skin; or sharps-injury contact with |
| Fomite | Any object contaminated with germs and able to transmit disease |
| Germ | A microorganism |
| HAI | Healthcare Associated Infection |
| Isolation | An area where the resident with easily transmitted diseases is separated from others |
| Medical Asepsis | The practice used to remove or destroy pathogens and to prevent their spread from one place to another place |
| Microorganism | A living body so small that it can only be seen with the aid of a microscope |
| MDROs | Multi-Drug Resistant microOrganisms - MDROs are very serious because drugs do not kill them. |
| MRSA | Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus |
| Parasite | An organism that lives within |
| Pathogen | A microorganism that is harmful and capable of causing in infection |
| PIM | Other Potentially Infectious Materials - Human body fluids: semen |
| Sterilize | To kill all microorganisms including spores |
| Virus | The smallest organism identified using an electron microscope. |
