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| Body Mechanics | is moving and positioning the body in certain ways to prevent injury to oneself and to others |
| Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) | is a govt agency whose goals are to promote health, prevent disease, and potect communities |
| Enviromental proection agency(EPA) | a govt agency that creates and enforces regulations to protect human health and the enviroment. |
| Ergonomics | is the study of promoting the safety of a person by adapting the enviroment and preventing injury |
| Event Report | is flied when an accident occurs on the premises of a HCF. It includes info on the victim, a description of the accident, and statements from witnesses and employees |
| Food and Drug Administration (FDA) | is a govt agency that is responsible for protecting and advancing public health |
| Foodbourne Illness | is a sickness that results from eating food that is not safe. Illness caused by Bacteria. |
| Liability | being legally responsible for causing harm. |
| Malpractice | professional negligence, occurs when HCW unintentionally harm patients as a result of not following their profession's scope of practice |
| Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) | contains information about the proper use of chemicals. Also contain a list of safety precautions related to the chemicals. |
| Microorganism | small living bodies that are not visible to the naked eye. Some are used to maintain body processes, but others may cause infection or disease. |
| Occupational Safety and Health Adm (OSHA) | a govt agency that creates and enforces workplace safety standards to protect employees from injury and illness |
| Rehabillitation | is the restoration of a patient who has been debillitated by disease or injury to functional life. |
