Infection Control
A process using soap and water to remove all visible dirt, debris, and many disease-causing germs
What is cleaning?
How prolonged, repeated, or long-term exposure to certain product ingredients can cause sensitivity in some people
What is overexposure?
The basic units of all living things
What is a cell?
Small skin elevation that contains no fluid but may develop pus
What is a papule?
Temporary hair loss after pregnancy
What is Postpartum Alopecia?
The removal of blood or other potentially infectious materials on an item’s surface and the removal of visible debris or residues such as dust, hair, and skin.
What is decontamination?
Safety information about products compiled by the manufacturer, including hazardous ingredients, safe use and handling procedures, proper disposal guidelines, and precautions to reduce the risk of accidental harm or overexposure
What is a Safety Data Sheet(SDS)?
Protects the body from disease by developing immunities and destroying pathogens and toxins
What is the immune (lymphatic)system?
A generalized term for any inflammatory skin condition
What is dermatitis?
The technical term for split ends
What is Trichoptilosis?
Items that can be cleaned, disinfected, and used on more than one person
What is a multiuse tool?
A switch that automatically interrupts or shuts off an electric circuit at the first indication of an overload
What is a circuit breaker?
Two bones forming the sides and top of the head in the ear region
Temporal Bones
Skin-aging factors we have little control over
What is intrinsic factors?
Fungal scalp infection known as ringworm of the scalp
What is Tinea Capitis?
Shaking hands with every customer and one of them has a cold virus, it can be transmitted to you, possibly making you sick if you touch your mouth or nose afterward.
What is direct transmission?
Designed to protect from electrical shock by interrupting a household circuit when there is a leak in the circuit
The study of the structure, functions, and diseases
What is myology?
Noticeably thin white nail plate is more flexible than usual; usually caused by diet, heredity, internal disease, medication, or over filling with an abrasive
What is eggshell nail?
The technical term for a boil
What is a furuncle?
The name for a large family of bacteria that is often found in soil and water
Mycobacterium
The path that negative and positive electric currents take from the generating source through the conductors and back to the generating source.
What is a complete electric circuit?
Carries carbon dioxide and waste products that are eliminated through the lungs, skin, kidneys, and large intestine
What is blood?
Bacterial inflammation of the tissues around the nail plate, causing pus, swelling and redness; often seen in dry or chapped hands from excessive water and detergent exposure
What is paronychia?
Severe case of dandruff characterized by an accumulation of greasy or waxy scales, mixed with sebum, that stick to the scalp in crusts.
What is Pityriasis Steatoides?