Basics of Infection Control
A small, living plant or animal that is found everywhere in the environment
What is microorganism?
Spiral or corkscrew shaped
What is spirilla?
Smallest microorganism, visible only using an electron microscope
What is a virus?
A way for the infectious agent to escape from the reservoir in which it has been growing
What is portal of exit?
Meant to protect health care providers and patient in which every body fluid must be considered a potentially infectious material and all patients considered potential sources of infection
What is standard precautions?
Part of the body flora that does not cause infection
What is nonpathogens?
Round or spherical in shape
What is cocci?
Simple, plant-like organisms
What is fungi?
A way for the infectious agent to enter a new reservoir or host
What is portal of entry?
Methods of infection control that must be used for patients known or suspected to be infected with epidemiological microorganisms
What is contact precautions?
Disease-producing organisms
What is pathogens?
occurs in pairs or two circles
What is diplococci?
One-celled animal-like organisms
What is protozoa?
A person likely to get an infection or disease
What is susceptible host?
Methods of infection control that must be used for patients known or suspected to be infected with pathogens transmitted by large particle droplets expelled during coughing, sneezing, talking, or laughing
What is droplet precautions?
Requiring oxygen to live and grow
What is aerobic?
occurs in chains
What is streptococci?
Multicellular parasitic organisms commonly called worms or flukes
What is Helminths?
An area where the infectious agent can live
What is reservoir?
Methods of infection control that must be used for patients known or suspected to be infected with pathogens transmitted by airborne droplet nuclei
What is airborne precautions?
Not requiring oxygen to live and grow
What is anaerobic?
rod shaped that can occur singly, in pairs or in chains
What is bacilli?
Parasitic microorganisms commonly found in fleas, lice, ticks and mites
What is Rickettsiae?
A way that the infectious agent can be transmitted to another reservoir or host where it can live
What is mode of transmission?
Methods used to protect patients from microorganisms in the environment