Infection Control Flashcards

OSHA

Occupational safety and health administration

MSDS

Material SAfety Data Sheet

EPA

Environmental Protection Agency

HIV

Human Innumodeficiency Virus

Bacteria

microbes or germs, one celled organisms

Pathogenic

harmful microorganisms that can cause disease and infection in humans, when they invade the body

Non-pathogenic

harmless microorganisms that may perform useful functions and are safe to come into contact with

Virus

parasitic submicroscopic particles that infects and resides in cells of biologial organisms

Blood borne pathogen

pathogens, or disease causing microorganisms crried in the body by blood or bodily fluids, ex, HIV, hepatitis

Communicable Disease

Diseases that are transferable from one person to another

Parasites

Organisms that grow, feed, and shelter in or on another organism

Scabies

Contagious skin disease that is caused by the inch Mike, it burrows under your skin

Acquired Immunity

Unity that the body develops after overcoming a disease or through inoculation or vaccine.

Universal precautions

Set of guidelines published by OSHA that require the employer and employee to assume that all human blood and body fluids are infectious for blood-borne pathogen's

Decontamination

The removal of blood or other potentially infectious materials on an items surface and the removable of visible debris or residue such as dirt or hair