Chapter 17 Intro to Radiologic & Imaging Sciences & Patient Care | 94 Questions and Answers(A+ Solution guide)

freedom from infection - asepsis Prokaryotic, ubiquitous, single-celled organisms - bacteria disease-causing microorganisms that may be present in human blood - Bloodborne Pathogens treatment of disease by chemical agents - chemotherapy stage in the life cycle of certain parasites during which they are enclosed in a protective wall - cyst occurring in two distinct forms - dimorphic deviations from or interruptions of the normal structure or function of any part, organ, or system (or combination thereof) of the body that are exhibited by characteristic set of symptoms and signs and whose cause, pathologic mechanism, and prognosis may be known or unknown - Diseases chemicals used to free an environment from pathogenic organisms or to render such organism inert, especially as applied to the treatment of inanimate materials to reduce or eliminate infectious organims - disinfectants organisms whose cells have a true nucleus - eukaryotes microbial community found on or in a healthy person - flora an object such as a book, wooden object, or article of clothing that is not in itself harmful but is able to harbor pathogenic microorganisms and thus may serve as an agent of transmission of an infection - fomitegeneral term used to denote a group of eukaryotic protists, including mushrooms, yeasts, rusts, molds, and smuts, that are characterized by the absence of chlorophyll and by the presence of a rigid cell wall - fungi