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Question 1

Asepsis

Answer 1

complete absence of living pathogenic microbes

Question 2

sterile

Answer 2

condition of any item that has undergone a cleansing procedure that results in the complete absence of microbes

Question 3

sterilization

Answer 3

use of a process proven to rid an object of all living microbes

Question 4

contaminated

Answer 4

an item that has not be sterilized

sterile item comes in contact with a non-sterile surface or person

Question 5

Iatrogenic

Answer 5

caused by treatment

Question 6

microbe

microorganism

Answer 6

tiny, usually microscopic, entity capable of carrying on living processes

Question 7

normal flora

Answer 7

microbes that are normally found in a healthy animals

Question 8

surgical conscience

Answer 8

putting the patient’s well-being above anyone or anything else

Question 9

antiseptic

Answer 9

a substance that can be used on skin to destroy microbes

Question 10

abscess

Answer 10

a cavity containing pus and surrounded by inflamed tissue, formed as a result of suppuration in a localized infection

Question 11

adhesions

Answer 11

a band of scar tissue that binds together two anatomic surfaces that are normally separate from each other

Question 12

anastomosis

Answer 12

surgical joining of two ducts or blood vessels to allow flow from one to the other

Question 13

arthroscopy

Answer 13

examination of the interior of a joint performed by inserting a specially designed endoscope through a small incision

Question 14

biopsy

Answer 14

removal of a small piece of living tissue from an organ or other part of the body for microscopic examination to confirm or establish a diagnosis, estimate prognosis, or follow the course of disease

Question 15

-cidal

Answer 15

to kill

Question 16

cryosurgery

Answer 16

use of subfreezing temperature to destroy tissue

Question 17

debride

Answer 17

to remove dirt, foreign objects, damaged tissue, and cellular debris from a wound or a burn to prevent infection and to promote healing

Question 18

dehiscence

Answer 18

separation of a surgical incision or rupture of a closed wound

Question 19

disinfectant

Answer 19

a chemical that can be applied to objects to destroy microbes

Question 20

edema

Answer 20

abnormal accumulation of fluid in interstitial spaces of tissues

Question 21

enterotomy

Answer 21

surgical incision into the lumen of the bowel and subsequent closure of the wound

Question 22

endoscopy

Answer 22

visualization of the interior of organs and cavities of the body with an endoscope

Question 23

enucleation

Answer 23

removal or the eyeball

Question 24

evisceration

Answer 24

protusion of an internal organ through a wound or surgical incision

Question 25

sterile technique

Answer 25

any procedure in which added procautions are used to avoid contamination of an animal or object

Question 26

what 2 factors prevented the development of surgery

Answer 26

lack of anesthesia or pain management | inability of OR team to prevent infections

Question 27

Anton von Leeuwenhoek

Answer 27

1676 | developed first magnifying lens

Question 28

Ignaz Semmelweiss

Answer 28

1861 | realized washing hands between patients decreased deaths

Question 29

Louis Pasteur

Answer 29

1864 | develpoed vaccine for anthrax, treatment for rabies, and pasteurization of milk

Question 30

Joseph Lister

Answer 30

1870 | soaked surgical instruments in carbolic acid, decreasing nosocomial infections

Question 31

Robert Koch

Answer 31

1876 isolated microorganisms developed laboratory procedures

Question 32

Aseptic technique

Answer 32

prevention of sepsis and possible resulting disease

Question 33

medical asepsis

Answer 33

technique used to maintain aseptic environment on tissue

Question 34

sepsis

Answer 34

microbes are present | contaminated or dirty

Question 35

sanitized

Answer 35

any cleaning procedure that prevents disease and ensures a clean environment