Mosby's Essentials for Nursing
Assistants: 6th Edition - Ch 13
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
1. Antibiotic - ANSWER-A drug that kills positive microbes that cause infection
2. antisepsis - ANSWER-the absence (a) of disease-generating microbes; sepsis way
contamination
3. biohazardous waste - ANSWER-gadgets infected with blood, body fluids,
secretions, or excretions; bio method life and hazardous method dangerous or
harmful
4. provider - ANSWER-a human or animal that is a reservoir for microbes however
does no longer develop the contamination
5. communicable disease - ANSWER-a ailment resulting from pathogens that unfold
effortlessly; a contagious disorder
6. cross-infection - ANSWER-Passing microbes from 1 man or woman to any other by
infected fingers, device, or substances
7. disinfection - ANSWER-The process of killing pathogens
8. Healthcare-associated contamination (HAI) - ANSWER-an infection that develops in a
person cared for in any setting in which fitness care is given; the infection is
associated with receiving health care
9. infection - ANSWER-a sickness state as a result of the invasion and increase of
microbes inside the body
10.Infection control - ANSWER-practices and tactics that save you the unfold of
contamination
11.clinical asepsis - ANSWER-practices used to lessen the range of microbes and
prevent their unfold from 1 character or area to every other individual or vicinity;
easy technique
12.microorganism - ANSWER-A small (micro) residing factor (organism) visible best
with a microscope; a microbe
13.non-pathogen - ANSWER-a microbe that doesn't normally cause an infection
14.pathogen - ANSWER-A microbe that is harmful and can reason an infection
15.sterile - ANSWER-the absence of all microbes
16.Sterilization - ANSWER-the procedure of destroying all microbes
Assistants: 6th Edition - Ch 13
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
1. Antibiotic - ANSWER-A drug that kills positive microbes that cause infection
2. antisepsis - ANSWER-the absence (a) of disease-generating microbes; sepsis way
contamination
3. biohazardous waste - ANSWER-gadgets infected with blood, body fluids,
secretions, or excretions; bio method life and hazardous method dangerous or
harmful
4. provider - ANSWER-a human or animal that is a reservoir for microbes however
does no longer develop the contamination
5. communicable disease - ANSWER-a ailment resulting from pathogens that unfold
effortlessly; a contagious disorder
6. cross-infection - ANSWER-Passing microbes from 1 man or woman to any other by
infected fingers, device, or substances
7. disinfection - ANSWER-The process of killing pathogens
8. Healthcare-associated contamination (HAI) - ANSWER-an infection that develops in a
person cared for in any setting in which fitness care is given; the infection is
associated with receiving health care
9. infection - ANSWER-a sickness state as a result of the invasion and increase of
microbes inside the body
10.Infection control - ANSWER-practices and tactics that save you the unfold of
contamination
11.clinical asepsis - ANSWER-practices used to lessen the range of microbes and
prevent their unfold from 1 character or area to every other individual or vicinity;
easy technique
12.microorganism - ANSWER-A small (micro) residing factor (organism) visible best
with a microscope; a microbe
13.non-pathogen - ANSWER-a microbe that doesn't normally cause an infection
14.pathogen - ANSWER-A microbe that is harmful and can reason an infection
15.sterile - ANSWER-the absence of all microbes
16.Sterilization - ANSWER-the procedure of destroying all microbes
