HCB 102 Test Review CORRECT 100%
antibacterial - ANSWER effective against bacteria
antispetic - ANSWER Preventing/arresting growth of microorganisms
Asepsis - ANSWER The condition of being aspetic
Aseptic - ANSWER Absence of bacteria, viruses, and other microorganisms
Aseptic technique - ANSWER Preventing infection
Bacteria - ANSWER Domain of prokaryotic round single celled microorganisms that
may lack cell walls or are gram-positive/ gram-negative; live in soil, water, organic
matter, or the bodies of plants & animals; multiple rapidly
Blood-born pathogen - ANSWER Specific causative agent of disease located in blood
Contagious (communicable) disease - ANSWER Infectious diseases communicable by
contact with one who has it, bodily discharge, or an object touched by patient
Contaminated - ANSWER to soil stain ,or infect by contact/association
Direct contact - ANSWER Union of body surfaces; person to person; physical contact
between source and susceptible host
Disinfectant - ANSWER agent that frees from infection by destroying harmful
microorganisms
fungi - ANSWER saprophytic and parasitic spore producing eukaryotic filamentous
organisms ; plants that lack chlorophyll
health care associated infections (HAIs) - ANSWER nosocomial infection
acquired/occurring in a hospital
infection - ANSWER infective agent or material contaminated with an infective agent
isolation - ANSWER separation for the period of communicability of infected people or
animals from others, to prevent or limit transmission of those who are infected to those
susceptible
microorganism - ANSWER microscopic/ultramicroscopic sized organism
pathogen - ANSWER a disease producing microorganisms
, standard precautions - ANSWER infection prevention practices that apply to all patients
Types of infectious agents - ANSWER Bacteria, viruses, Protozoa, fungi, helminthes
Surgical asepsis (sterile technique) - ANSWER procedures used to eliminate all
microorganisms, including pathogens and spores, from an object or area; prevents
contamination of an open wound, isolates operative area, and maintains a sterile field
for surgery
Vital signs - ANSWER signs necessary to life; temperature, respiratory rate, pulse, and
blood pressure, used to evaluate a patient's condition
Temperature - ANSWER Measure of amount of heat below the skin
Fever - ANSWER elevated body temperature
Febrile - ANSWER With fever
Afebrile - ANSWER without a fever
Hypothermia - ANSWER Body temp below the normal range
Hyperthermia - ANSWER Body temp above the normal range
Pulse - ANSWER Regular, recurrent expansion and contraction of an artery produced
by waves of pressure when the heart beats
Tachycardia - ANSWER abnormally rapid heartbeat (over 100 beats per minute)
Bradycardia - ANSWER abnormally slow heartbeat (less than 60 bpm)
Thready pulse - ANSWER Weak, rapid pulse
Bounding pulse - ANSWER Unusually strong pulse
Arrhythmia - ANSWER Irregular rhythm
Respiration - ANSWER Inhalation and exhalation of air
Inhalation - ANSWER The act of taking air into the lungs
Exhalation - ANSWER the act of expelling air out of the lungs
Dyspnea - ANSWER labored or difficult breathing
Apnea - ANSWER absence of breathing
antibacterial - ANSWER effective against bacteria
antispetic - ANSWER Preventing/arresting growth of microorganisms
Asepsis - ANSWER The condition of being aspetic
Aseptic - ANSWER Absence of bacteria, viruses, and other microorganisms
Aseptic technique - ANSWER Preventing infection
Bacteria - ANSWER Domain of prokaryotic round single celled microorganisms that
may lack cell walls or are gram-positive/ gram-negative; live in soil, water, organic
matter, or the bodies of plants & animals; multiple rapidly
Blood-born pathogen - ANSWER Specific causative agent of disease located in blood
Contagious (communicable) disease - ANSWER Infectious diseases communicable by
contact with one who has it, bodily discharge, or an object touched by patient
Contaminated - ANSWER to soil stain ,or infect by contact/association
Direct contact - ANSWER Union of body surfaces; person to person; physical contact
between source and susceptible host
Disinfectant - ANSWER agent that frees from infection by destroying harmful
microorganisms
fungi - ANSWER saprophytic and parasitic spore producing eukaryotic filamentous
organisms ; plants that lack chlorophyll
health care associated infections (HAIs) - ANSWER nosocomial infection
acquired/occurring in a hospital
infection - ANSWER infective agent or material contaminated with an infective agent
isolation - ANSWER separation for the period of communicability of infected people or
animals from others, to prevent or limit transmission of those who are infected to those
susceptible
microorganism - ANSWER microscopic/ultramicroscopic sized organism
pathogen - ANSWER a disease producing microorganisms
, standard precautions - ANSWER infection prevention practices that apply to all patients
Types of infectious agents - ANSWER Bacteria, viruses, Protozoa, fungi, helminthes
Surgical asepsis (sterile technique) - ANSWER procedures used to eliminate all
microorganisms, including pathogens and spores, from an object or area; prevents
contamination of an open wound, isolates operative area, and maintains a sterile field
for surgery
Vital signs - ANSWER signs necessary to life; temperature, respiratory rate, pulse, and
blood pressure, used to evaluate a patient's condition
Temperature - ANSWER Measure of amount of heat below the skin
Fever - ANSWER elevated body temperature
Febrile - ANSWER With fever
Afebrile - ANSWER without a fever
Hypothermia - ANSWER Body temp below the normal range
Hyperthermia - ANSWER Body temp above the normal range
Pulse - ANSWER Regular, recurrent expansion and contraction of an artery produced
by waves of pressure when the heart beats
Tachycardia - ANSWER abnormally rapid heartbeat (over 100 beats per minute)
Bradycardia - ANSWER abnormally slow heartbeat (less than 60 bpm)
Thready pulse - ANSWER Weak, rapid pulse
Bounding pulse - ANSWER Unusually strong pulse
Arrhythmia - ANSWER Irregular rhythm
Respiration - ANSWER Inhalation and exhalation of air
Inhalation - ANSWER The act of taking air into the lungs
Exhalation - ANSWER the act of expelling air out of the lungs
Dyspnea - ANSWER labored or difficult breathing
Apnea - ANSWER absence of breathing
