Vocab Part 1
What does AIDS mean?
AIDS means Caused by the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and suppresses the immune system.
What does Autoclave mean?
Autoclave means A piece of equipment that uses steam under pressure or gas to sterilize equipment and supplies.
What does Chemical Disinfection mean?
Chemical Disinfection means The use of chemicals for aseptic control, often used for instruments that do not penetrate the body.
What does Disinfection mean?
Disinfection means A process that destroys or kills pathogenic organisms; it is not always effective against spores and viruses.
What does Exogenous mean ?
Exogenous means The infection or disease originates outside the body.
What does Aerobic mean?
Aerobic means Organisms that require oxygen to live.
What does Bacteria mean?
Bacteria means Simple, one-celled organisms that multiply rapidly and are classified by shape.
What does Clean mean?
Clean means Objects or parts of objects do not contain disease-producing organisms and therefore have minimal chance of spreading disease.
What does Droplet Precautions mean?
Droplet Precautions means Must be followed for a patient known or suspected to be infected with pathogens transmitted by large-particle droplets expelled during coughing, sneezing, talking, or laughing. (
What does Fomites mean?
Fomites means Objects contaminated with infectious material that contains the pathogens.
What does Airborne Precautions mean?
Airborne Precautions means Used for patients known or suspected to be infected with pathogens transmitted by airborne droplet nuclei.
What does Bioterrorism mean?
Bioterrorism means The use of microorganisms, or biologic agents, as weapons to infect humans, animals, or plants.
What does Communicable Disease mean?
Communicable Disease means A disease caused by a pathogenic organism that can be easily transmitted to others.
What does Ebola mean?
Ebola means A filovirus that causes hemorrhagic fever.
What does Fungi mean?
Fungi means Simple, plantlike organisms that live on dead organic matter. (
What does Anaerobic mean?
Anaerobic means Organisms that live and reproduce in the absence of oxygen.
What does Cavitation mean?
Cavitation means The process in ultrasonic units where bubbles strike the items being cleaned and explode, driving cleaning solution into all areas.
What does Contact Precautions mean?
Contact Precautions means Must be followed for any patients known or suspected to be infected with epidemiological microorganisms that can be transmitted by direct or indirect contact. (
What does Endogenous mean?
Endogenous means The infection or disease originates within the body.
What does Health Care-Associated Infection mean?
Health Care-Associated Infection means An infection acquired by an individual in a health care facility, such as a hospital or long-term care facility. (
What does Asepsis mean?
Asepsis means The absence of disease-producing microorganisms, or pathogens.
What does Chain of Infection mean?
Chain of Infection means Factors that must exist for disease to occur and spread from one individual to another.
What does Contaminated mean?
Contaminated means Organisms and pathogens are present
What does Epidemic mean?
Epidemic means Occurs when a communicable disease spreads rapidly from person to person and affects a large number of people at the same time. (
What does Helminths mean?
Helminths means Multicellular parasitic organisms commonly called worms or flukes.