INFECTION CONTROL (Definition of Terms)

Term that refers to freedom from infection or infectious materials.

• SEPSIS

• CLEAN

• ASEPSIS

• STERILE

Answer explanation

The state of being free from disease-causing micro-organisms (such as pathogenic bacteria, viruses, pathogenic fungi, and parasites).

It includes general cleanliness.

Denotes the presence of some microorganism but the absence of potentially infectious agents.

• ASEPSIS

• CLEAN

• STERILE

• ISOLATION

Answer explanation

free from dirt, marks, or stains:

Organisms that are capable of producing disease

Answer explanation

Include: Bacteria, Viruses, Fungi, Protists

Reduce the number and transmission of pathogens; includes all practices intended to confine a specific microorganism to a specific area, limiting its number, its growth and spread,

• Medical Asepsis

• Surgical Asepsis

• Isolation Precaution

• Body Fluid Precautions

Refers to those practices that keep an area or object free of all microorganisms

Answer explanation

Surgical asepsis is used to prevent and destroy all microorganisms.

Surgical asepsis is used for complex invasive procedures that are long in duration and involve multiple parts.

Refers to a process where hands are rendered clean to maintain asepsis

 

• Handwashing

• Medical Handwashing

• Surgical Handwashing

Answer explanation

Hand hygiene is a way of cleaning one’s hands that substantially reduces potential pathogens (harmful microorganisms) on the hands.

Removal of many bacteria as possible from the hand and arms by mechanical washing and chemical disinfection to maintain surgical asepsis

May include physical separation, wearing of PPEs & implementing specific infection control protocols to minimize risk of transmission to others.i

Answer explanation

Isolation refers to separation of individuals who have been diagnosed with contagious illness from those who are health, in order to prevent the spread of the disease.