Medical Terminology
Suffixes
Prefixes
Medical Asepsis
Infection Control
100
The essential meaning of the term.
What is the root?
100
-aliga
What is pain?
100
Exo-
What is outside?
100
This type of microorganism is present within someones body.
What is endogenous microorganism?
100
These type of precautions are used which caring for a client with known or suspected infectious disease.
What is Transmission-Based Precautions?
200
The ending of a word
What is the suffix?
200
-ectomy
What is cutting out; removal; excision?
200
Hyper-
What is excessive, more than normal, too much?
200
Most commonly used personal protective equipment.
What are gloves, gown/apron, face mask, eye wear?
200
This type of precaution is used when the patient is suspected of having tuberculosis.
What is Airborne Precautions?
300
A small part added to the beginning of a word
What is the prefix?
300
-scope
What is instrument to visually examine?
300
Peri-
What is surrounding?
300
Genitourinary infections, Bacteremias, Surgical site infections, respiratory infections, and gastrointestinal infections are the most common types of....
What are nosocomial infections?
300
Pneumonia, Influenza, Strep throat all require this type of isolation.
What is droplet precautions?
400
To record the electricity of the heart.
What is an electrocardiogram?
400
-logy
What is the study of?
400
Trans-
What is across or through?
400
When hands are not visibly soiled, this type of hand cleaning is appropriate.
What is the use of hand sanitizers?
400
True or False If a patient is in any type of precautions, it is ok to take equipment in and out of the room while the patient is on precautions.
What is False? The Patient should have dedicated equipment that stays in the room with the patient until the infection is cleared or the patient has been discharged. The equipment then needs to be cleaned appropriately.
500
Nerve pain
What is neuralgia?
500
-gram
What is to record?
500
Dys-
What is bad, painful, difficult, abnormal?
500
The practice of reducing the number of microorganisms.
What is medical asepsis?
500
What should you do if you are accidentally stuck by a needle?
Immediately wash the area with soap and water, make the area bleed a little, inform employee health or the safety officer on duty, blood may need to be drawn from the patient as well as the staff member, follow-up and medications may also be needed.
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