Chapter 19 keyterms

pathogen

• carried in the blood or other body fluids

• route by which an infectious agent leaves the reservoir to be transferred to a susceptible host

• capable of causing a disease

OSHA BBP Standard

• guidelines designed to protect employees against occupational exposure to blood borne pathogens

• physical transfer of a pathogen from an infected person to an uninfected person

• route by which an infectious agent enters the host

Blood borne transmission

• a place where microorganisms normally live and reproduce

• carried in the blood or other body fluids

• refers to spread of disease through droplets of moisture that contain bacteria

portal of exit

• route by which an infectious agent enters the host (ex:ingestion of contaminated food)

• route by which an infectious agent leaves the reservoir to be transferred to a susceptible host

• process that bridges the gap between the portal of exit of the infectious agent from the reservoir and the portal of entry of the new host

mode of transmission

• process that bridges the gap between the portal of exit of the infectious agent from the reservoir and the portal of entry of the new host

• route by which an infectious agent leaves the reservoir to be transferred to a susceptible host

• when a susceptible person is exposed to contaminated droplets or dust particles that are suspended in the air

Direct transmission

• physical transfer of a pathogen from an infected person to an uninfected person

• when a susceptible person is exposed to contaminated droplets or dust particles that are suspended in the air

• agent is transferred to a susceptible host by contaminated inanimate objects such as water, meat, food

airborne transmission

• when a susceptible person is exposed to contaminated droplets or dust particles that are suspended in the air

• agent is transferred to a susceptible host by contaminated inanimate objects such as water, meat, food

• refers to spread of disease through droplets of moisture that contain bacteria

Wearing a mask while we care in public is stopping what mode of transmission

• direct

• indict

• airborne

indirect transmission

• agent is transferred to a susceptible host by contaminated inanimate objects such as water, meat, food

• physical transfer of a pathogen from an infected person to an uninfected person

• when a susceptible person is exposed to contaminated droplets or dust particles that are suspended in the air

Droplet infection

• a place where microorganisms normally live and reproduce

• the strength of that organism in its ability to cause disease

• refers to spread of disease through droplets of moisture that contain bacteria