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Drugs used to kill bacteria
Bacteriocidal
Person who harbors a specific pathogen without symptoms, but who is potentially capable of spreading the organism to others.
Carrier
Disease producing microorganisms
Pathogen
Organisms found in the body; arising within a cell
Endogenous organism
Infants
immature immune system, short respiratory passages
Invasion of the body by microorganisms
Infection
Free from living microorganisms
Sterile
Communicable; readily transmittedfrom one person to another
Contagious
Organisms found outside of the body
Exogenous
Young Children
Entering school exposes to childhood diseases
Ability of an organism to rapidly produce disease
virulence
Infected area known as a boil
Furuncle
Limiting movement and social contacts of a carrier or a person with an infection or communicable disease
Isolation
Pathogens that cause infection only under favorable conditions
oppurtunistic
Elderly
delayed response of immune systems- Decreased symptoms
Transmission of a contagious disease by some medium other than direct touch of the infected person.
Indirect contact
To make unsterile or unclean by direct contact or exposure
contaminate
Transmitted between patients infected with different pathogens
Cross-infection
Transmission of an infection from one person to another
direct contact
Poor nutrition, less exercise, unable to cough to move mucous, may have foley make this group more susceptible to infection
chronically ill
Presence of pathogens or toxins in the blood or tissues
Sepsis
Practices which help reduce direct or indirect transfer of pathogens from one person toanother (clean technique)
Medical asepsis
Freeing from pathogens by physical or chemical means
Disinfection
Infection that was not present at the time of admission to a health care setting
Health care-associatedinfections (HAIs)
List some diseases that may make a person susceptible (3)
immune system : AIDS,leukemia, lymphoma, aplastic anemia
Chronic : PVD, COPD, cancer and burn victims