Title: Asepsis aseptic
1Asepsis - aseptic
2Free of microorganisms
3gangrene
4Tissue death due to lack of blood supply
5hygiene
6Personal cleanliness
7inflammation
8Reaction of tissue to injury or disease(red,
swollen)
9isolation
10Now called transmission based precautions
11Nosocomial infection
12Infection acquired in the hospital
13purulent
14Containing pus
15sterile
16Free of all germs
17Terminal disinfection
18Cleaning of room after transmission-based
procedures are discontinued
19toxin
20Poisonous substance
21tuberculosis
22infection in the lungs which is contagious
23Transmission based precautions
24Way of caring for resident with easily
transmitted disease
25Antibodies
26Produced by the lymphatic system to fight
infection
27Direct contact
28Germs spread by touching resident or residents
body fluids
29indirect contact
30Germs spread by touching something that has been
touched by resident - sheets, clothing, bedside
table, water glass
31Droplet
32Germs spread by sneezing, coughing, and talking
33Vehicle
34Germs spread through food, water, blood, and
drugs
35Airborne
36Germs spread by dust and moisture in the air
37Body substance precautions
38Precautions taken by health care workers to avoid
coming in contact with body fluids
39PPE
40Personal protective equipment such as gowns,
masks, goggles, gloves
41Portal of entry
42way germ enters the body
43Portal of exit
44Way germ leaves the body
45Susceptible host
46Resident who is likely to become sick from a germ
because of low resistance or no immunity
47Vector
48Animals or insects which spread disease
49contaminated
50exposed to germs
51intact skin
52Skin which is unbroken - no cuts or wounds
53hepatitis
54Disease of the lymphatic system some forms
highly contagious