Causes Of Diseases
One-celled microorganism having both plant and animal characteristics. Some harmful and some are harmless.
What is bacteria?
Non scientific synonym for disease-producing bacteria
What are Germs?
A condition in which the body reacts to injury, irritation, or infection and is characterized by swelling redness, heat or fever, and pain.
What is Inflammation?
Chemical products that destroy all bacteria, fungi, and viruses (but not spores) on surfaces.
What are Disinfectants?
Reaction due to extreme sensitivity to certain foods, chemicals, or other normally harmless substances.
What is an Allergy?
Transmission of blood or body fluids through touching (including shaking hands), kissing, coughing, sneezing, and talking.
What is direct transmission?
Invasion of body tissues by disease-causing pathogens
What is infection?
This spreads from one person to another by contact.
What are Contagious Disease?
Disinfectants that kill the bacteria that causes tuberculosis.
What are Tuberculocidal Disinfectants?
The presence, or the reasonably anticipated presence, of blood or other potentially infectious materials on an items surface or visible debris or residues such as dust, hair, and skin.
What is Contamination?
Transmission of Blood or body fluids through contact with intermediate contaminated object such as a razor, extractor, nipper, or environmental surface.
What s Indirect Transmission?
Any organism of microscopic to sub-microscopic size.
What is a Microorganism?
This infection is generally found in people with weakened immune system.
What is MRSA?
The process that completely destroys all microbial life, including spores.
What is Sterilization?
Disease caused by parasites , such as lice and mites.
What is Parasitic Disease?
Various poisonous substances produced by some microorganisms (bacteria and viruses).
What are Toxins?
A parasitic sub-microscopic particle that infects and resides in cells of biological organisms. It is capable of replication only through taking over the host cell's reproductive function.
What is a Virus?
A bloodborne virus characterized by inflammation of the liver, which causes disease and can damage the liver.
What is Hepatitis?
The removal of blood or other potentially infectious materials from the surface of an item and the removal of visible debris or residue such as dust, hair, and skin.
What is Decontamination?
The determination of the nature of disease from its symptoms and/or diagnostic tests.
What is a Diagnosis?
Organisms that grow, feed, and shelter on or in another organism (referred to as the host), while contributing nothing to the survival of that organism. They must have a host to survive.
What is a Parasite?
Harmful microorganisms that can cause disease and infection in human when they invade the body.
What is Pathogenic Bacteria?
Disease-causing microorganisms in human blood and other body fluids. They include hepatitis B, hepatitis C and HIV.
What are Bloodborne Pathogens?
Hospital and Tuberculocidal are these type of disinfectants specifically produced to be effective in a work environment and kill bacterial organisms.
What are EPA Disinfectants? (Environmental Protection Agency)
Illnesses resulting from conditions associated with employment, such as prolonged and repeated overexposure to certain products or ingredients.
What is an Occupational Disease?