Funda

• Asepsis:

  • Infection control in any healthcare setting
  • Absence of infection
  • Absence of disease-producing microorganisms
  • Being free from infection
• Infection:

  • Invasion of body tissue by microorganisms and their proliferation
• Medical Asepsis:

  • Practices designed to reduce the number and transfer of pathogens
• Surgical Asepsis:

  • Practices that render and keep objects and areas free from microorganisms
• Sepsis:

  • The presence of infection
• Septicemia:

  • Transport of an infection or the product of infection throughout the body or by blood
• Carrier:

  • Person or animal without signs of illness but harbor pathogens that can be transferred to others
• Contact:

  • Person or animal known or believed to have been exposed to a disease
• Reservoir:

  • Natural habitat for the growth and multiplication of microorganisms
• Transient flora or bacteria:

  • Microorganisms picked up by the skin as a result of normal activities that can be removed readily
• Resident flora or bacteria:

  • Microorganisms that normally live on a person’s skin
• Sterilization:

  • Process by which all microorganisms including their spores are destroyed
• Disinfectant:

  • Substances, usually intended for use on inanimate objects, that destroy pathogens but generally not the spores
• Antiseptic:

  • Substance, usually intended for use on persons that inhibit the growth of pathogens but not necessarily destroy them
• Bactericidal:

  • Chemical that kills microorganisms
• Bacteriostatic:

  • An agent that prevents bacterial multiplication but does not kill all forms of organisms
• Contamination:

  • Process by which something is rendered unclean or unsterile
• Disinfection:

  • Process by which pathogens but not their spores are destroyed, from inanimate objects