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| AN INCIDENT OF CONTAMINATION IN WHICH MICROORGANISMS CARRIED IN THE AIR BY MOISTURE DROPLETS OR DUST PARTICLES MAKE CONTACT WITH A STERILE SURFACE. |
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| THE ABSENCE OF PATHOGENIC MICROORGANISMS ON AN ANIMATE SURFACE OR ON BODY TISSUE. |
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| METHODS OR PRACTICES IN HEALTH CARE THAT REDUCE INFECTION. |
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| THE U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCY THAT RESEARCHES PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUES AND EDUCATES THE LAY PUBLIC AND PROFESSIONALS ABOUT DISEASE TRANSMISSION, ORIGIN, AND PREVENTION. |
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| A TECHNIQUE OF GLOVING IN WHICH THE BARE HAND DOES NOT COME IN CONTACT WITH THE OUTSIDE OF THE GLOVE. |
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| THE CONSEQUENCE OF PHYSICAL CONTACT BETWEEN A STERILE SURFACE AND A NONSTERILE SURFACE IN SURGERY. |
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| WEARING TWO PAIR OF GLOVES, ONE OVER THE OTHER TO REDUCE THE RISK OF CONTAMINATION AS A RESULT OF GLOVE FAILURE OR PUNCTURE. |
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| SENSITIVITY TO LATEX, WHICH CAN CAUSE ITCHING, RHINITIS, CONJUCTIVITIS, AND ANAPHYLACTIC SHOCK. |
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| IN SURGERY, TEAM MEMBERS WHO REMAIN OUTSIDE THE BOUNDARY OF THE STERILE FIELD AND DON'T COME IN DIRECT CONTACT WITH STERILE EQUIPMENT. |
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| A GLOVING TECHNIQUE IN WHICH THE BARE SKIN DOES NOT TOUCH ANY PART OF THE OUTSIDE OF THE GLOVE. |
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| IN SURGERY, A BARRIER THAT SEPARATES A STERILE SURFACE FROM A NONSTERILE SURFACE. |
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| MICROORGANISMS THAT ARE NORMALLY PRESENT IN SPECIFIC TISSUES. |
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| THE SCRUBBED SURGICAL TECHNOLOGIST OR NURSE ASSISTING IN SURGERY. |
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| IN SURGERY, MEMBERS OF THE SURGICAL TEAM WHO WORK WITHIN THE STERILE FIELD. |
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| ANY OBJECTS THAT CAN PENETRATE THE SKIN AND HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO CAUSE INJURY AND INFECTION, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO NEEDLES, SCALPELS, BROKEN GLASS, BROKEN CAPILLARY TUBES, AND EXPOSED END OF DENTAL WIRES. |
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| PROTOCOLS AND GUIDELINES ESTABLISHED BY THE CDC TO PREVENT THE TRANSMISSION OF MICROORGANISMS IN THE HEALTH CARE ENVIRONMENT. |
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| AN AREA THAT INCLUDES THE DRAPED PATIENT, ALL STERILE TABLES, AND STERILE EQUIPMENT IN THE IMMEDIATE AREA OF THE PATIENT. |
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| ANY ITEM THAT HAS BEEN SUBJECTED TO A PROCESS THAT RENDERS IT FREE OF ALL MICROBIAL LIFE, INCLUDING SPORES. |
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| A STATE IN WHICH AN INANIMATE OR ANIMATE SUBSTANCE HARBORS ABSOLUTELY NO VIABLE MICROORGANISMS. |
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| STRIKE THROUGH CONTAMINATION |
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| AN EVENT IN WHICH FLUID FROM A NONSTERILE SURFACE OR AIR PENETRATES THE PROTECTIVE WRAPPER OF A STERILE ITEM, POTENTIALLY CONTAMINATING THE ITEM. |
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| THE ETHICAL MOTIVATION TO PRACTICE EXCELLENT ASEPTIC TECHNIQUE TO PROTECT THE PATIENT FROM INFECTION. |
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| THE SYSTEMATIC APPLICATION OF ANTISEPTIC FOAM OR CREAM ON THE HANDS BEFOR GOWNING AND GLOVING FOR A STERILE PROCEDURE. |
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| A SPECIFIC TECHNIQUE FOR WASHING THE HANDS BEFORE DONNING A SURGICAL GOWN AND GLOVES BEFORE SURGERY. |
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| SSI SURGICAL SITE INFECTION |
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| POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION OF THE SURGICAL WOUND, MOST COMMONLY CAUSED BY THE NORMAL BACTERIA FOUND ON THE PATIENT'S SKIN OR SHED FROM THE SKIN OR HAIR OF SURGICAL TEAM MEMBERS. |
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| MICROORGANISMS THAT DO NOT NORMALLY RESIDE IN THE TISSUE OF AN INDIVIDUAL. |
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