Infection control

___________ was created as part of the US department of labor to regulate and enforce safety and health standards to protect employees in the workplace

Federal law requireds manufacturers to supply a ________ for all products sold.

The EPA registers different types of __________

the two types of disinfectants that are used in salons are:

There are four classifications of potentially infectious microorganisms:

______________ are microscopic plants or animals

reaction due ti extreme sensitivity to certain foods, chemicals, or other normally harmless substances

Disease that is communicable or transmitted by contact

The presence, or reasonably anticipated presence, of blood or other potentially infectious materials on an item's surface or visible debris/residues such as dust, hair, skin, etc.

Determination of the nature of a disease from its symptom

Abmormal condition of all or part of the body, organ, or mind that makes it incapable of carrying on normal function

Contact with non-intact skin, blood, body fluid or other potentially infectious materials that results from the performance of an employees duties

Disease caused by pathogenic microorganisms that are easily spread

Condition in which a part of the body reacts to protect itself from injury, irritation, or infection, characterized by redness, heat, pain and swelling

Illnesses resulting from conditions associated with employment, such as prolonged and repeated overexposure to certain products or ingredients

Disease caused by parasites, such as lice and ringworm

Disease that affects the body generally, often due to under- or over-functioning of internal glands/organs

round shaped bacteria

short rod shaped bacteria

spiral or corkscrew-shaped bacteria

one-celled microorganisms with both plant and animal characteristics. some are harmful, some are harmless. Also known as microbes or germs.

communicable by infection from one person to another or from one infected body part to another

Nonscientific synonyms for disease producing bacteria

Any organism of microscopic or submicroscopic size

suffix meaning "study of"

An organism that grows, feeds and shelters on or in another organism, while contributing nothing to the survival of that organism.

Any of various poisonous substances produced by some microorganisms

A parasitic submicroscopic particle that infects cells of biological organisms. A virus is capable of replication only through taking over the host cell's reproduction machinery

The ability of the body to resist disease and prevent infection

naturally inherited resistance to disease

developed after the body overcomes a disease

THere are three levels of decontamination

The lowest level of decontamination

can kill, retard or prevent the growth of bacteria

the process of killing most microorganisms on hard nonporous surfaces

the highest level of decontamination, kills all microorganisms, including bacteria, viruses, fungi and bacterial spores.

an apparatus for sterilization