| A | B |
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| CDC | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |
| soap and water | Most EFFECTIVE way to wash hands |
| take off jewelry | FIRST step in washing hands |
| Pathogens | microorganisms that cause disease and infection |
| Warm | temperature of water to wash hands |
| Helminths | multicellular PARASITIC organisms commonly called WORMS or FLUKES |
| How RICKETTSIAE transmitted to humans | fleas, lice, ticks |
| Fungi | plant like organisms |
| Cocci | round |
| PPE | Personal Protective Equipment - gloves, gown, mask |
| AIDS | Aquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome |
| bacilli bacteria | rod-shaped |
| E. coli | part of the normal flora in the large intestines |
| to grow and reproduce microorganisms need | warm environment, darkness, moisture |
| ANerobic | live and reproduce in the absence of oxygen |
| Microorganisms | small, living organism not visible to naked eye |
| virus | SMALLEST microorganism -electron microscope |
| exogenous | infection or disease originated OUTSIDE the body |
| handwashing | most important method usded to practice aseptic technique |
| reservoir | area causative agent can live in |
| spirilla | bacteria that are spiral |
| 3 major VIRAL diseases of concern to health care workers | Hepatitis B, C and AIDS |
| Wash your hands | after leaving one patient's room and BEFORE entering another |
| sterilization | destroys ALL microorganisms |
| main ways pathogens are spread | blood, body fluids |
| portal of entry | way for causative agent to enter a new reservoir or host |
| protozoa | animal like organism often found in decayed materials |
| susceptible host | pers MOST likely to get and infectionor disease - weak body defense |
| Aerobic | requires oxygen to live |
| staphylococci | cluster of circles - grapes |
| gloves must be worn | contact with blood, wiping up spills, contact with a wound |
| After using a needle | place in sharps container labeled with biohazard symbol |
| ringworm | fungi |
| sterile | free from all |
| ENDOgenous | infection originates WITHIN the body |
| medical asepsis | practices used to prevent the spread of infection |
| nosocomial | infection that starts in the health care facility |
| normal flora | microbes that are helpful to the function of the body |
| susceptibility | bodys ability to resist infection, determined by age,health, nutrition, medications |
| bacteria | microorganisms that can be eliminated with antibiotics |
| viruses | tiny, cannot be killed by antibiotics |
| vectors | insects and small animals that carry disease |
| chain of infection | 6 factors necessary fo an infection to develop |
