Fire
Organisms
Sanitation
Infections
Hospital Codes
100

Hospital code for fire

Code Red

100

An organism that requires oxygen to live.

Aerobe

100

The use of antimicrobial agents on nonliving objects or surfaces to destroy or deactivate microorganisms

What is disinfection?

100

Infections obtained in hospitals & other healthcare facilities (AKA healthcare acquired infections)

Nosocomial Infections

100

This code means a bomb threat.

Code black

200

Term for the three elements needed to start and maintain a fire (heat, oxygen, fuel)

Fire triangle

200

An organism that requires little or no oxygen to live

anaerobe

200

Needles or any other objects that  can puncture or cut the skin

What are "sharps?"

200

Rooms in a healthcare facility used to prevent the spread of infection

What are Isolation Rooms?

200

This color means a child or infant abduction in the facility.

Code pink

300

This class of fire extinguisher is used for flammable liquids

Type or class B extinguisher 

300

Microorganisms that depend on a host cell to survive & replicate; can cause serious illness

Protozoa

300

Any accidental punctures of the skin by needles; can be dangerous in a healthcare setting

Needlesticks

300

Makes up the acronym PPE

Personal Protective Equipment

300

This color means cardiac arrest.

Code blue

400

The mildest burn type

1st degree burn

400

Pathogenic microorganisms, much smaller than bacteria, that depend on a living cell to survive; causes many serious diseases and illnesses.

Viruses

400

The absence of microorganisms, such as bacteria and viruses

Asepsis

400

A term for all efforts made to prevent the spread of infection

What is Infection Control?

400

This color means a dangerous or hazardous spill.

Code Orange

500

These 8 words make up the acronyms RACE and PASS.

Rescue, Alarm, Contain, Extinguish

Pull, Aim, Squeeze, Sweep

500

Parasitic organism that live in the soil or on plants includes disease-causing microorganisms such as yeasts and molds

Fungi

500

The process of using an antiseptic to prevent the growth of infectious/pathogenic organisms

Antisepsis

500

The sequence of events that allows infection to move from one place to another

Chain of Infection

500

This means a dangerous person with a weapon

Code silver

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