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Question 1

It is a condition that results when a mciroorganism is able to invade the body, multiply and cause injury/disease
* Microbe: bacteria, fungi, protozoa, and viruses

Answer 1

Infection

Question 2

It is a microorganism to cause a disease or productive of disease
Also called pathogens

Answer 2

Pathogenic

Question 3

It is a microorganism that will not cuase a disease under normal conditions

Answer 3

Not Pathogenic

Question 4

It is found normally in the body that do not cause a disease except if found in different locations or areas

Answer 4

Normal Microflaura

Question 5

Diseases that result as pathogenic microbes cause infections that are communicable

Answer 5

Communicable diseases

Question 6

An agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services that is charged with the investigation and control of various diseases, especially those that are communicable and have epidemic potential. They also develops guidelines and recommends safety precautions to protect healthcare workers and others from infection

Answer 6

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

Question 7

It is a potential threat to humans and welfare

Answer 7

Hazard

Question 8

It is the likelihood or probability of a hazard occurring or creating loss

Answer 8

Risk

Question 9

• The blood and certain body fluids of all individuals were considered to be infectious
• Its introduction changed the focus of infection control from prevention of patient-to-patient infection transmission, to prevention of patient-to-personnel transmission, and was a required part of an overall infection control plan
• Mandates that personnel should treat all blood and blood-contaminated samples as potentially infectious.
• It did not at other bodily fluids that are not visibly ontaminated with blood as potentially infectious.

Answer 9

Universal Precautions (UP)

Question 10

• These are to be used in the care of all patients and are meant to be the number-one strategy for successful nosocomial infection control
• They combine the major features of UP and BSI to minimize the risk of infection transmission from both recognized and unrecognized sources
• Apply to blood, all body fluids (including secretions and excetions except sweat, whether or not they contain visible blood), nonintact skin, and mucous membranes
• It is the minimum infection prevention practices that apply to all patient care, regardless of suspected or confirmed infection status of the patient, in any setting where health care is delivered.
• It is a set of infection control work practices designed to reduce the risk of transmission between patients and healthcare workers.

Answer 10

Standard Precautions (SP)