Patho & Infection Control
a state of physical, mental, and social wellbeing, not merely the absence of disease or impairment
Health
Causes or origins of disease is termed:
Etiology
number of new cases of a given condition within a population per unit of time (usually a calendar year).
Incidence
Diseases distributed throughout the body are called
systemic
Foodborne, waterborne, and airborne pathogens are all this type of transmission:
the study of disease, and includes causes (etiology), effects, and typical behaviours of disease
Pathology
Tendencies that promote disease development
Risk factors
Number of deaths resulting from a disease in a given time period in a population or region.
mortality rate
_______is a model used to explain disease transmission and includes a six-linked parts
Chain of Infection
Diseases transmitted between two or more hosts, commonly insects or animals is termed___________ transmission
Subjective information that only the person experiencing them is aware Example – headache, nausea
Symptoms
Diseases with no known cause are called
idiopathic
Type of disorder present at or before birth. Can be recognized before birth, years later, or never
Congenital
__________is the time between exposure of the host to the infectious agent and the onset of signs and symptoms.
Incubation period
When the Therapist modifies the procedure or use of certain techniques to avoid harm this is termed a local or absolute ___________________
contraindication
Condition that develops gradually, vague or mild symptoms, lasts longer than 6 months
Chronic disease
__________is a disease that occurs regularly in a particular region or population
Endemic
This deficiency disorder occurs after about 3 months without sufficient vitamin C
Scurvy
Bacteria may be transmitted from another person, an animal, or an inanimate object called:
a fomite
Swelling, Heat, loss of function, Redness, and Pain are all characteristic of this defense mechanism:
Acute inflammation
Prediction of how disease will progress and chances of recovery
Prognosis
Rate at which a disease occurs within a group or area
Morbidity Rate
Organisms in which pathogens reside are called:
The simplest form of animal life such as amoebas, flagellates, sporozoans are called
Protozoa
A few changes a massage therapist needs to make to a treatment with a client such as positional or procedural are termed __________
modifications