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A microorganism that needs oxygen in order to live and grow.
Aerobe
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A microorganism that grows best in the absence of oxygen.
Anaerobe
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An agent that kills microorganisms or inhibits their growth.
Antiseptic
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Free from infection or pathogens.
Asepsis
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Pathogenic microorganisms capable of causing disease that are present in human blood.
Bloodborne pathogens
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Slender hairlike processes.
Cilia
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To soil or to make impure.
Contaminate
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A specific eye, mouth, other mucous membrane, nonintact skin, or parenteral contact with blood or other potentially infectious materials that results from an employee's duties.
Exposure incident
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The process of cleaning or sanitizing the hands.
Hand hygiene
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The condition in which the body or part of the body is invaded by a pathogen.
Infection
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A microscopic plant or animal.
Microorganism
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Skin that has a break in the surface.
Nonintact skin
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A microorganism that does not normally cause disease.
Nonpathogen
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Reasonably anticipated skin, eye, mucous membrane, or parenteral contact with blood or other potentially infectious materials that may result from the performance of an employee's duties.
Occupational exposure
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An infection resulting from a defective immune system that cannot defend the body from pathogens normally found in the environment.
Oppurtunistic infection
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The temperature at which an organism grows best.
Optimum growth temperature
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A disease-producing microorganism.
Pathogen
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The degree to which an a solution is acidic or basic.
pH
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Treatment administered to an individual after exposure to an infectious disease to prevent the disease.
Post-exposure prophylaxis
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Any wast containing infectious material that may pose a threat to health and safety.
Regulated medical waste
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The organism that becomes infected by a pathogen and also serves as a source of transfer of pathogen to others.
Resevoir host
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Easily affected: lacking resistance.
Susceptible
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Microorganisms that reside on the superficial skin layers and are picked up in the course of daily activities.
Transient flora
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