HCB 102 - BASIC HOSPITAL CORPSMAN SCOPE OF CARE UNIT 1 - INTRO TO PATIENT ASSESSMENT EXAM.

HCB 102 - BASIC HOSPITAL CORPSMAN SCOPE OF CARE UNIT 1 - INTRO TO PATIENT ASSESSMENT EXAM. Directed or effective against bacteria. Antibacterial Preventing or arresting the growth of microorganisms. Antiseptic The condition of being aseptic. Asepsis Preventing infection. Aseptic Technique (Plural of bacterium) any of a domain of prokaryotic round, spiral, or rod shaped singel-celled microorganism that may lack cell walls or are gram-positive or gram-negative, typically live in soil, water, organic matter, or the bodies of plants and animals. Bacteria A specific causative agent (as a bacterium or virus) of disease located in the blood. Blood-born Pathogen An infectious disease communicable by contact with one who has it, with a bodily discharge of such a patient, or with an object touched by the patient. Contagious Disease (Communicable Disease) To soil, stain, or infect by contact or association. Contaminated Union or junction of body surfaces. Direct Contact To free from infection especially by destroying harmful microorganisms. Disinfectant/ Disinfection (Fungus), any of the kingdom Fungi of saprophytic and parasitic spore-producing eukaryotic typically filamentous organisms formerly classified as plants that lack chlorophyll and include molds, rust, mildews, smuts, mushrooms, and yeasts. Fungi