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| A infection that is limited to a specific location in the body and has local symptoms. |
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| Infection that travels through the bloodstream and spreads throughout our body causing general symptoms. |
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| Healthcare associated infection |
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| Infection acquired in healthcare setting during medical care. |
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| Method of describing how pathogens travel |
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| A way of transmitting pathogens through touching the infected person or his/her secretions |
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| Transmitting pathogen from touching soothing contaminated by the infected person |
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| Membranes that line body cavities that open to the outside of the body, such as linings of the mouth, nose, eyes, rectum, genitals |
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| Poor nutrients due to improper diet |
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| Serious condition in which the body lacks the amount of fluid |
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(Occupational safety and health administration).
Federal government agency that makes rules to protect workers from hazards on the job. |
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(Centers for disease control and prevention)
Federal government that issues guidelines to protect and improve the health and safety of individuals and communities |
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| Method of infection prevention in which all blood, bodily fluids, nonintacted skin, and mucus membranes are treated as if they were infected |
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| Needles or other sharp objects |
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| Washing hands using soap and water to alcohol based rubs |
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| The care of the genital and anal area |
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| Skin that is broken by abrasions, cuts and so on |
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| A object has not been contaminated with pathogens |
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| A object has been in contaminated with pathogens |
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| To be used only once then discarded |
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| Prevent the spread of infectious agents through direct or indirect contact |
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| Inflammation of the liver caused by certian virus and other factors, such as alcohol abuse, medications, and trauma |
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| Condition in eichte skin, whites of the eyes, and mucus membranes appear yellow |
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| Bloodborne pathogen standard |
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| Federal laws require healthcare facilities to protect employees from blood borne health hazards |
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(Tuberculosis)
Highly Contagious disease caused by a bacterium that is carried on mucous droplets suspended in air |
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| Thick mucus from respiratory passage |
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(Methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus)
Bacteria that's developed resistance to the antibiotic methicillin |
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(Vancomycin-resistant enterococcus)
Bacteria(enterococci) that developed resistance to the antibiotic vancomycin |
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( clostridioides difficile)
A bacterium that is spread by spores in feces that are difficult to kill. Causes symptoms such as diarrhea, nausea and can lead to serious inflammation of the colon ( Colitis) |
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| Confusion about person, place, time |
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| Unplanned descent to floor with or without injury |
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| Loss of ability to move all or part of the body, which includes loss of feeling in affected areas |
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| Occurs when a persons airway is blocked by a foreign abject such as food, toy, coins. Which makes it hard to breath |
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| Injury that rubs off surfaces of the skin |
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| Administration of oxygen to increase the supply of oxygen to a persons lungs |
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| Wasting away, decreasing in size, and weakening of muscles from lack of use |
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| use of a manual hold to restrict freedom of movement of all or part of a person's body, or to restrict normal access to the person's body |
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| orm of medical restraint in which a drug is used to restrict the freedom or movement of a patient or in some cases to sedate the patient. |
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| The way the parts of the body work together when a person moves |
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| The foundation that supports an object |
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| The point where the most weight is centered |
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| Guidelines regarding fires and evacuation routes and what to do when there is a fire |
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