Lesson 2 Flashcards
(33 cards)
Common procedure in the field of medicine
Phlebotomy
Happens when a microorganism invades the body
Infection
Disease - causing microbe
Pathogen
Can spread from person-to-person
Communicable infections
Caused by infected personnel, patients, visitors , food, drugs, or equipments while the person is in a hospital
Nosocomial or healthcare associated infections
For infection to escalate to a pandemic components should be favorable to
Pathogenic microbe
Pathogenic agent
Infectious agent
Source of the agent of infection ov place where a microbe can grow
Reservoir
Way or manner an infection age can leave the reservoir
Exit pathway
Airborne, direct or indirect contact, droplets, vector, and vehicle
Means of transmission
The way an infectious agent enters a host
Entry pathway
Someone that is prone to infection
Susceptible host
Essential part of standard precaution in the health care setting
Hand hygiene
Microorganisms in blood that ave infectious
Blood-borne pathogen
Used for decontamination
1:10 bleach solution
Any material that can be harmful to ones health
Biohazard
Use to prevent and protect clinical laboratories from harmful incidents
Biosafety
Caused from splashes and aerosols during centrifuge and aliquot; patients with airborne disease
Airborne
Cause from dirty hand when editing
Ingestion
Contamination through breaks or cuts of skin
Non-intact skin
Exposure through needlesticks and other sharp objects
Percutaneous
Infection through mucous and conjunctiva of eyes
Permucosal
Hazard caused from dealing with electrical equipment
Electric shock
Five caused by ordinary combustible material
Class A