Disinfection
Diseases
Sterility
Transmission
Fighting Infection
100
This microorganism is not killed by disinfection
What are spores
100
factors that will determine a prognosis
What are the course of the disease and the condition of the patient
100
Vaginal speculum: critical, semi-, or non-critical?
What is semi-critical
100
Self originating, without a known cause
What is idiopathic
100
True or False: surgical site should be shaved with a razor before surgery
What is false.
200
Physical factors that affect the efficiency of disinfection
What are temperature, bioburden, and time
200
criteria to form a diagnosis
What is signs, symptoms, and tests
200
Suture scissors: critical, semi-, or noncritical?
What is critical
200
The purpose of positive air pressure in the OR suite
What is higher pressure on the outside, to force the microbes out the door
200
Considered our final line of defense
What is our immune system
300
What items are low-level disinfection appropriate for?
What are noncritical items
300
Range of occurrence and tendancy to affect certain groups
What is incidence
300
Physical removal of blood and body fluids from an inanimate object
What is mechanical cleaning
300
Primary source of airborne bacteria transmission in the OR
What is the surgical team
300
Described as "the multiplication of organisms in tissue"
What is infection
400
Which items is an intermediate level of disinfection appropriate for?
What are semicritical items
400
Continuously affects some people in a particular region
What is endemic
400
Methods used to prevent contamination of the sterile field
What is sterile technique
400
Definition
What is the number of microorganisms that exist at a given time
400
When most, but not all microorganisms have been removed from a human object (i.e. skin)
What is antisepsis
500
Minimum exposure time for glutaraldehyde
What is 20 minutes
500
Affects many people in the same region at the same time
What is an epidemic
500
Microorganisms killed during sterilization
What is everything, including spores
500
Contamination of a person or objects by another person or object
What is cross contamination
500
An example of indirect transmission in the OR
What is infection spread by contaminated instruments
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