Ch. 15 Infection Control - Key Terms
Acquired immune deficiency syndrome; caused by HIV and suppresses the immune system.
AIDS
Equipment that uses steam under pressure or gas to sterilize equipment and supplies.
autoclave
Use of chemical agents to destroy pathogens not always effective against viruses/Spores
Chemical disinfection
Followed for patients infected with pathogens transmitted by large particle droplets cough/sneeze
Droplet precautions
Objects contaminated with infections material that contains the pathogens
Formites
aerobic
Simple, one-celled organisms that multiply rapidly and are classified by shape and arrangement.
bacteria
Objects do not contain disease producing organisms minimal chance of spreading disease
Communicable disease
a filovirus that causes hemorrhagic fever first identified in 1976
Ebola
Simple plant like organisms that live on dead organic matter
Fungi
Used for patients known or suspected to be infected with pathogens transmitted by airborne droplet nuclei.
airborne precautions
The use of microorganisms, or biologic agents, as weapons to infect humans, animals, or plants.
bioterrorism
Followed for patient suspected to be infected with microorganisms transmitted by direct/indirect contact
Contact precautions
The infection or disease or originates within the body
Endogenous
Infection acquired by an individual in healthcare facility formally nosocomial
Healthcare associated
Organisms that live and reproduce in the absence of oxygen.
anaerobic
Process in an ultrasonic unit where bubbles explode and drive cleaning solution onto articles.
cavitation
Organisms and pathogens are present
Contaminated
Disease spreads rapidly from person to person affecting many at the same time
Epidemic
Multicellular parasitic organisms commonly called worms or flukes
Helminths
Being free from infection.
asepsis
A series of factors that must be present for a disease to occur and spread.
chain of infection
Process that destroy/kills pathogens not always effective against poor and viruses
Disinfection
The infection or disease or originates outside the body
Exogenous
Serum Hepatitis caused by HPV and transmitted by blood and body secretions
Hepatitis B