ASESPSIS AND INFECTION CONTROL (TERMINOLOGIES)

INFECTION

an invasion of the bosy tissue by microorganism and their proliferation there

ASEPSIS

absence of disease-producing microorganisms; being free from infection

MEDICAL ASEPSIS

practice designes to reduce the number and transfer of pathogen'; clean technique

SURGICAL ASEPSIS

practice that render and kee objects and areas free from mucroorganisms; sterile technique

SEPSIS

the presence of infection

SEPTICEMIA

transporto of infection orthe prodicts of infection throughout the body or by blood

CARRIER

a person or animal whi us without signs of illlness bu who harbors pathogens within his body that can be transferred to another

CONTACT

a person or animal known or belived to have been exposed to a disease

RESERVOIR

the natural habitat for the growth and multiplication of microorganisms

TRANSIENT FLORA OR BACTERIA

microorganism picked up by the skin as a result of normal activities that can be removed readily

RESIDENT FLORA OR BACTERIA

microorganism that normally live on a person;s skin

STERILIZATION

process by which all microorganism including their spores are destroyed

DISINFECTANT

a substance usually intended for use on inanimate objects that detroys pathogens but generally not the spores

ANTISEPTIC

a substance, usually intended for use on persons that inhibit tha growth of pathogens but not necessarily destroys them

BACTERICIDAL

a chemical that kills microorganisms

BACTERIOSTATIC

agent that prevents bacterial multiplication but does not kill all forms of organisms

CONTAMINATION

process by which something is rendered unclean or unsterile

COMMUNICABLE DISEASE

results of the infectious agent that can be transmitted to an individual by direct ir indirect contact through a vector or vehicle or as an airborne infection

INFECTIOUS DISEASE

results from the invasion and multiplication of jucroorganism in a host

PATHOGEN

a disease-producing mucroorganism

PATHOGENECITY

ability to priduce a disease

VIRULENCE

the vigor in ehich the organism can grow and multiply

SPECIFICITY

the organism’s attraction to a specific host, which may include humans

OPPORTUNISTIC PATHOGEN

cause disease only in susceptible individual

NOSOCOMIAL INFECTION

hospital acquired infection

ISOLATION

the separation of persons with communicable diseases from other persons so that their direct/indirecr transmission to susceptible persosns is prevented

ISOLATION TECHNIQUES

practices designed to prevent tranfer of specific microorganisms

ETIOLOGY

the study of causes

DISINFECTION

process by which pathogens but not their sporesare destroyed from inanimate objects