Infections
These are single-celled organisms that only can be seen using a microscope
What are microorganisms?
Any opening on the body of an infected person that allows pathogens to leave
What is portal of exit?
These precautions consist of hand hygiene and gloves
What are standard precautions?
Pathogens found in the blood
What are bloodborne pathogens?
This will break the chain of infection
What is handwashing?
A healthcare-associated infection
What is nosocomial infection?
Where pathogens live and multiple
What is the reservoir?
Used to prevent transmission of organisms from an infected or colonized resident through direct or indirect contact
What are contact precautions?
To make something unclean or unsterile
What is contamination?
Handwashing with soap and water is the only hand hygiene method for this infection
What is Clostridium difficile (C-diff)?
An infection that is limited to a specific location of the body
What is localized infection?
What is susceptible host?
These precautions are used for a person that is infected or a person with an infectious disease
What are transmission-based precautions?
The act of separating a person from others to prevent the spread of disease
What is isolation?
This process kills pathogens to a level that is considered not infectious, using pasteurization or chemical germicides
What is disinfection?
This type of infection affects the entire body, traveling through the bloodstream
What is a systemic infection?
How a pathogen travels
What is mode of transmission?
A person with tuberculosis may be placed on this type of precautions
What is airborne precautions?
A federal agency that issues guidelines to protect the health of individuals and communities
What is the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)?
Waste containing blood or body fluids is considered this
What is biohazard waste?
An inflammation of the liver caused by certain viruses, medications, trauma, or alcohol abuse
What is hepatitis?
What is portal of entry
This is a type of cleaning method uses steam, dry heat, or liquid or gas chemicals
What is sterilization?
A bacteria that has become resistant to vancomycin
What is vancomycin-resistant enterococcus (VRE)?
This term describes skin that is broken by abrasions, cuts, and lesions
What is non-intact skin