Disease Transmission and Infection Prevention
Acute Infection
What infection is short but severe?
Substance for killing microorganisms on the skin.
What is an antiseptic?
Neoplasms
What is another term for tumors?
Aerobes
What is a variety of bacteria that require oxygen to grow?
American Dental Assistants Association
What is the ADAA?
Chronic Infection
What is an infection that lasts a very longtime sometimes a lifetime?
Blood, saliva and other bodily fluids.
What is bioburden?
Abscess
What is a localized collection of pus in a circumscribed area?
The most resistant form of life.
What are spores?
Centers for disease control and prevention
What is the CDC?
Disease causing organism
What is a pathogen?
Glutaraldehyde
What is a EPA registered high level disinfectant?
White Patch
What is another term for leukoplakia?
Protozoa
What is a large group of single-cell organisms?
National Institute for Occupational Safety & Health.
What is NIOSH?
Strength of a pathogens ability to cause disease; pathogenicity
What is Virulence?
Removal of bio burden before disinfection.
What is pre cleaning?
A cancer of the blood-forming organs.
What is leukemia?
Tetanus
What is also known as lockjaw?
American Dental Hygienists Association
What is the ADHA?
Occupational exposure Determination Category 3
What category do financial managers fall in occupational exposure determination plan?
Sodium hypochlorite
What a surface disinfectant commonly known as household bleach?
Hematoma
What is similar to a blister but contains blood?
Primarily spread through the bite of an infected mosquito.
How is Zika virus spread?
Organization for Safety, Asepsis and Prevention
What is OSAP?