Intro Ch 12 Vocab

Practices used by healthcare professionals to maintain pathogen-free environment & prevent transmission of disease:

• occupational exposure

• aseptic techniques

• resistant

• contact precautions

Physical interaction with an infected person, surface, fluid or object that can cause infection transmission:

• direct contact

• airborne precautions

• carcinogenic

• droplet precautions

The way in which a pathogen moves from its reservoir to a new host:

• occupational exposure

• chain of infection

• mode of transmission

• toxic

Diseases that take advantage of an already weakened immune system:

• sharps

• portal of exit

• pasteurization

• opportunistic infections

Needles, scalpels, or other sharp-edged objects found in healthcare settings that can puncture the skin:

• susceptible host

• portal of exit

• portal of entry

• sharps

An OSHA regulation that protects employees from exposure to blood and other potentially infectious materials:

• hazard communication standards

• bloodborne pathogens standard

• pathogen

• isolation

Cancer causing

• transmission based precautions

• chain of infection

• carcinogenic

• healthcare-associated infections

Practices used when an infection can be spread by direct or indirect contact with a patient or his or her environment:

• transmission based precautions

• clean technique

• bloodborne pathogens standard

• contact precautions

The elements required for an infection to spread from one source to another

• chain of infection

• occupational exposure

• indirect contact

• airborne precautions

An OSHA required document that explains the hazards of a chemical product:

• clean technique

• safety Data sheet

• droplet precautions

• Federal Needlestick Safety and Prevention Act