CNA- Chapter 11

being free of disease-producing microbes

items contaminated with blood, body fluids, secretions, or excretions, bio means life, and hazardous means dangerous or harmful

a human or animal that is a reservoir for microbes, but does not have the signs and symptoms of infection

practices used to remove or destroy pathogens; and to prevent their spread from one person or place, to another person or place

a disease caused by pathogens that spread easily

the process of becoming unclean

the process of destroying pathogens

an infection that develops in a person cared for in any setting where health care given; the infection is related to receiving health care

a disease state resulting from the invasion and growth of microbes in the body

a small (micro) living plant or animal (organism) seen only with a microscope

a microbe that does not usually cause an infection

a microbe that is harmful and can cause an infection

the absence of all microbes

the process of destroying all microbes

Airborne infection isolation room

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; federal

Healthcare-associated infection

Hepatitis B virus

Human immunodeficiency virus

multidrug-resistant organism

methicillin-resistant Staphyloccus aureus

other potentially infectious materials

Occupational Safety and Health Administration

Personal protective equipment

Tuberculosis

Vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus