The presence of bacteria on a body surface without causing disease in the person.
What is COLONIZATION?
100
Living or occuring only in the presence of oxygen.
What is AEROBIC?
100
The state of being free of pathogenic microorganisms.
What is ASEPSIS?
100
A strong pressurized, steam-heated vessel, as for lab experiments, sterilization, or cooking.
What is an AUTOCLAVE?
200
An infection caused by an infectious agent that is already present in the body, but has previously been unapparent or dormant.
What is ENDOGENOUS INFECTION?
200
An organism, such as bacterium, that can live in the absence of atmospheric oxygen.
What is ANAEROBIC?
200
The use of biological agents, such as pathogenic organisms or agriculture pests, for terrorist purposes.
What is BIOTERRORISM?
200
A process that begins when an agent leaves its reservoir or host through a portal of exit, and is conveyed by some mode of transmission, then enters through an appropriate portal of entry to infect a susceptible host.
What is CHAIN OF INFECTION?
200
Any agent, as clothing or bedding, that is capable of absorbing and transmitting the infecting organism of a disease.
What is FOMITES?
300
An infection that develops from bacteria normally outside the body that have gained access to the body.
What is EXOGENOUS INFECTION?
300
A disease the causative agents of which may pass or be carried from one person to another directly or indirectly.
What is COMMUNICABLE DISEASE?
300
Rapidly spreading by infection and affecting many individuals in an area or population at the same time. (ex: bubonic plague)
What is EPIDEMIC?
300
A spongy, abnormal growth, as granulation tissue formed in a wound.
What is a FUN GUY?
300
an infection of the live that is caused by a DNA virus
What is HEPATITIS B?
400
An organism of microscopic size, especially a bacterium or protozoan.
What is MICROORGANISM?
400
The branch of biology that deals with microorganisms and the effects on other living organisms
What is MICROBIOLOGY?
400
Study of causes, distribution, and control of disease in poopulations.
What is EPIDEMIOLOGY?
400
An infection of the live that is caused by an RNA virus,
What is HEPATITIS C?
500
guidelines reccomended by the CDC and prevention for reducing the risk of transmission of blood-borne and other pathogens in hospitals
What is STANDARD PRECAUTIONS?
500
precautions designed preventing the transmission of blood-borne diseases such as HIV, hepatitis B, and others when health care is provided.
What is UNIVERSAL PRECAUTIONS?
500
any agent that can cause disease
What is PATHOGEN?
500
widespread;general
What is PANDEMIC?
500
caused by any microorganisms that is harmless to a healthy person but debilitates a person whose immune system has been weakened by disease or drug treatment