Diseases & Infections
This is also known as a communicable disease, or one that can be spread from one person to another.
What is a Contagious disease?
One celled microorganisms having both plant and animal characteristics, some are harmful and some are harmless.
What is Bacteria?
bloodborne virus that causes disease and can damage the liver.
What is hepatitis?
This item is porous, and can not be reused or sterilized.
What is a single use item?
This item can be disinfected and reused.
What is a multiuse item?
This is the full term for PPE.
What is Personal protective equipment?
This is a single cell organism that grows in irregular masses that include, mold, mildews and yeast.
What is Fungi?
This bloodborne disease can live outside the body for long periods of times.
What is hepatitis?
These are chemical germicides formulated for use on skin and are registered and regulated by the FDA.
What are antiseptics?
This administration was created as part of the department of labor to regulate and enforce safety and health standards to protect employees in the work place.
What is OSHA?
Spherical bacteria that grow in pairs and cause diseases such as pneumonia.
What is diplococci?
This is the ability of the body to destroy, resist, and recognize infection.
What is immunity?
This virus causes AIDS.
What is HIV?
This is what you should do if any disinfectants come in contact with your skin.
What is wash the area immediately with liquid soap and warm water, rinse and dry thoroughly?
Slender hair like extensions used by bacilli and spirilla for moving about, aka cilia.
What is flagella?
A contagious skin disease that is caused by the itch mite which burrows under the skin.
What is scabies?
This is an organism that grows, feeds and shelters on or in another organism without contributing anything for the survival of the other organism.
What is a parasite?
These are the 3 types of hepatitis that are a concern in salons.
What is Hepatitis A, Hepatitis B, & Hepatitis C?
A chemical process for reducing the number of disease causing germs on cleaned surfaces to a safe level.
What is sanitizing?
These are the 4 types of microorganisms that are pertinent to cosmetologists.
What are bacteria, fungi, viruses & parasites?
A virus that causes warts but is also the cause of cervical cancer in women, common viral infection seen in salons.
What is HPV (Human papilloma virus)?
This is an inflammation of the hair follicle caused by bacterial infection.
What is folliculitis barbae or Psuedofolliculitis barbae?
This Bloodborne pathogen is the most difficult to kill on a surface.
What is hepatitis B?
These are the 3 ways to clean your tools and implements.
what are
1.Wash with soap and water and scrubbing clean with a disinfected nail brush.
2. Using and ultrasonic unit.
3. Using cleaning solvent
Colonies of microorganisms that adhere to the human body and environmental surfaces, secrete sticky protective coating that cements them together making it hard to penetrate.
What is Biofilm?