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bacteria - ✔✔one-celled microorganism that have both plant and animal
characteristics
microorganism - ✔✔Any organism of microscopic or submicroscopic size.
2 types of bacteria - ✔✔pathogenic and nonpathogenic
State regulatory agencies exist to... - ✔✔protect salons, spas
professionals, and consumers
Nonpathogenic bacteria - ✔✔harmless organisms
pathogenic - ✔✔harmful bacteria that can cause disease
3 types of bacteria - ✔✔cocci, bacilli, spirilla
Cocci - ✔✔round shaped bacteria, staphylococci (boils, pustules),
streptococci (strep throat, blood poisoning), diplococci (pneumonia)
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Bacilli - ✔✔Rod shaped bacteria, most common bacteria (tetanus- lockjaw),
typhoid fever, etc. typhoid fever, tuberculosis
Spirilla - ✔✔spiral shaped bacteria, STD, treponema pallidum -> syphillus,
lyme disease
motility - ✔✔Cocci bacteria moves with self-movement
Flagella - ✔✔bacilli and spirilla move about with locomotion
Disinfectancts - ✔✔are chemicals products that destroy all bacteria, fungi,
and viruses on surfaces
Hospital disinfectants - ✔✔Disinfectants that are effective for cleaning
blood and body fluids. *Nonporous surfaces*
Tuberculocidal disinfectants - ✔✔Are proven to kill the bacteria that cause
tuberculosis, a disease caused by bacteria that are transmitted through
coughing or sneezing.
tuberculosis - ✔✔disease caused by bacteria that are transmitted through
coughing and sneezing
infection - ✔✔the invasion of body tissues by disease-causing pathogens.
infection control - ✔✔the methods used to eliminate or reduce the
transmission of infectious organisms.