LICEO DE CAGAYAN UNIVERSITY

Paseo del Rio Campus, Macasandig, Cagayan de Oro City

COLLEGE OF NURSING
st
1 Semester Academic Year 2021-2022
Name:__Fernando, Mac Leo Luis A. Group No. A2 Date: 08/26/2022

1. Aerosol
is a suspension of fine solid particles or liquid droplets in air or another gas. Aerosols
can be natural or anthropogenic. Examples of natural aerosols are fog or mist, dust,
forest exudates, and geyser steam.

2.     Antisepsis
is defined as the destruction or inhibition of micro-organisms on living tissues, thereby
limiting or preventing the harmful results of infection.

3.     Antiseptics
are widely used in health care to kill or stop the growth of microbes on the skin and
mucous membranes. They are also used in public and home settings for treating minor
wounds and cleaning hands.

4.     Asepsis
is a condition in which no living disease-causing microorganisms are present. Asepsis
covers all those procedures designed to reduce the risk of bacterial, fungal or viral
contamination, using sterile instruments, sterile draping and the gloved 'no touch'
technique.

5.     Aseptic Technique

means using practices and procedures to prevent contamination from pathogens. It
involves applying the strictest rules to minimize the risk of infection. Healthcare workers
use aseptic technique in surgery rooms, clinics, outpatient care centers, and other
health care settings.

6.     Barrier
this occurs when a patient(s) is kept in a bay and extra precautions are implemented to
prevent spread of the germ. It may be necessary occasionally to move a patient to
another ward.

7.     Carrier
an individual who harbors the specific organisms of a disease without manifest
symptoms and is capable of transmitting the infection; the condition of such an
individual is referred to as the carrier state.
8.     Contaminated
The act of contaminating, esp. the introduction of pathogens or infectious material into
or on normally clean or sterile objects, spaces, or surfaces.

9.     Decontamination
to describe the removal of microbial contamination to make an item safe, meaning that
it no longer poses a risk. It is often used to refer to equipment or the environment and
does not necessarily mean that they are sterile.

10. Isolation
is used when someone has an infectious condition that could be passed on to others. It
is not uncommon for isolation to be used in hospital. This will mean that you are nursed
in a side room. Sometimes, if several patients have the same infection, they will be
nursed in a bay together.

11.Pathogenic
An agent that causes disease, especially a virus, bacterium, or fungus.

12.Sepsis
is a life-threatening condition that arises when the body's response to an infection
causes it to attack its own tissues and organs. In sepsis, patient's immune system goes
into overdrive setting off a series of reactions including widespread inflammation.

13.Standard Precaution
are a set of infection control practices used to prevent transmission of diseases that
can be acquired by contact with blood, body fluids, non-intact skin (including rashes),
and mucous membranes.

14. Sterile
means free from germs. When you care for your catheter or surgery wound, you need
to take steps to avoid spreading germs. Some cleaning and care procedures need to
be done in a sterile way so that you do not get an infection. Follow your health care
provider's instructions on using sterile technique.

15. Sterile Field

is an area created by placing sterile surgical drapes around the patient's surgical site
and on the stand that will hold sterile instruments and other items needed during
surgery.

16. Sterile Technique

(also called surgical asepsis) seeks to eliminate every potential microorganism in and
around a sterile field while also maintaining objects as free from microorganisms as
possible. It is the standard of care for surgical procedures, invasive wound
management, and central line care.

17.Unsterile
not free from living organisms and microorganisms : not sterile an unsterile instrument
an operation done in an unsterile environment.

18.Airborne
apply to patients known or suspected to be infected with microorganisms transmitted by
airborne droplet nuclei. Preventing airborne transmission requires personal respiratory
protection and special ventilation and air handling.

19.Droplet
Transmission through droplets occurs when the droplets contact the conjunctivae or the
nasal or oral mucous membranes of a susceptible patient. Droplets do not usually
travel more than 3 feet. Masks as well as standard precautions must be used when in
the infected patient's room.

20.Contact
For nurses, good communication in healthcare means approaching every patient
interaction with the intention to understand the patient's concerns, experiences, and
opinions. This includes using verbal and nonverbal communication skills, along with
active listening and patient teach-back techniques.