A biological or chemical substance that is dangerous to human beings and the environment.

• Pathogen

• Bacterium

• Biohazard

• Causative Agent

Agency of the government that oversees and regulates worker safety

• OSHA

• FDA

• CDC

• NIH

Provides safety guidelines for medical offices and facilities.

• NIH

• CDC

• AMA

• MSDS

A retrovirus that invades and inactivates the helper T Cells and weakens the immune system

• HPV

• HCV

• HBV

• HIV

Liver infection transmitted by blood, semen, and other body fluids

• HBV

• HAV

• HIV

• HHV

Infections acquired in a health care setting.

• Nosocomial Infections

• Idiopathic Disease

• Healthcare Associated Infections (HAI)

• Modes of Transmission

The human body provides an ideal reservoir for microbial growth because it provides nutrients, moisture and the ideal

• growth rate

• size

• temperature

• metabolism

A contaminated doorknob, ink pen, steering wheel, or ATM keypads harboring pathogens are all known as a/an

• portal of exit

• mode of transmission

• vector

• fomite

A mosquito that carries the West Nile Virus that can be transmitted to humans thru a bite is called a

• susceptible host

• fomite

• vector

• portal of exit

Clean technique; designed to reduce the number and transfer of pathogens

• medical asepsis

• surgical asepsis

• sanitization

• sterilization