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Airborne precautions: |
Formerly called respiratory isolation, these additional safety precautions are applied to certain diseases such as tuberculosis |
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Anoxia |
Partial or complete absence of oxygen from inspired gases, artificial blood, or tissue. |
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Antiseptics |
Substances that inhibit the growth of organisms and living tissue. |
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Asepsis |
The state of being free or pathogenic microorganisms. |
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Bloodborne pathogen |
Any microorganism in the blood or body fluids that can cause illness and disease |
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Aseptic techniques |
Procedures that are performed under sterile conditions. |
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Carcinogenic |
Able to cause cancer or make it likely to develop |
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Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation |
An emergency procedure commonly performed on patients who are in cardiac or respiratory arrest |
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Carrier |
An individual with no overt disease who Harbors infectious organisms |
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Caustic |
Capable of burning corroding or destroying living tissue |
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Centrifuge |
A piece of laboratory equipment used to "spin" substances such as blood samples to separate out various elements that they contain |
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Chain of Infection |
The method of infection proliferation; it includes and in infectious agent, a reserver, a portable of exit, a mode of transmission, a portal of entry, and susceptible host |
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Communicable disease |
An infectious disease that is able to be transmitted between individuals because of a replicating agent (rather than toxin) |
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Contact precautions |
Procedures that reduce the risk of transmission or serious disease through direct or indirect physical contact |
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Disinfectants |
Substances that can destroy microorganisms from non-living objects |
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Double bagging |
The use of two trash bags for disposing of waste from patient rooms (usually from patients who are in isolation) |
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Droplet precautions |
Procedures used to reduce the transmission of diseases via droplets that are expelled during sneezing coughing or talking these diseases include meningitis, pertussis pneumonia, rubella |
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Fomites |
An imminent objects that may transmit infectious organisms or infectious agents such as sinks toilets door knobs Lennon's glasses and Phlebotomy supplies |
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Hazcom |
The OSHA Hazard communication standard which requires chemical manufacturers to Supply material safety data sheets (MSDs) for their chemicals |
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Infection control programs |
Tidelines address community-acquired in healthcare-associated infections including their monitoring, reporting, required isolation, procedures, education, and management |
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Intensive Care Unit |
A specialized treatment area for critically ill patients those needing additional monitoring and those who are more susceptible to infections |
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Isolation procedures |
Methods used to protect healthcare workers from patients with certain infectious diseases usually divided into categories specific and disease specific types |
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Material safety data sheets (MSDSs) |
Required paperwork about all chemicals used in a workplace Atlas Chemical precautionary and emergency exposure information |
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Mode of transmission |
The method by which pathogenic agents are transmitted |
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Nosocomial infections |
Healthcare acquired infections Loews acquired after being admitted into a health facility |
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Protective reverse isolation |
Precautionary methods designed to protect patients who may be highly susceptible to infections |
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Race rescue alert confine extinguish |
A system designed to help healthcare workers remember how to respond when a fire emergency occurs |
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Source |
The origin of an infection |
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Standard precautions |
Safeguards to remember the risk of transmission of microorganisms these precautions are more comprehensive than the universal precautions applying to patients body fluids non-intact skin and mucous membranes and include barrier protection and hygiene and proper use and disposal of needles and other sharps |
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Susceptible host |
A person who lacks resistance to an agent and is vulnerable to Contracting a disease |
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Teratogenic |
Able to cause birth defects in an embryo or fetus |
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Transmission based precautions |
A set of procedures designed to prevent the communication of infectious diseases |
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Universal precautions |
Approaches to infection control designed to prevent the transmission of blood-borne diseases |