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COMMUNICABLE DISEASE – Disease caused by an infectious agent that is transmitted directly or indirectly to a good person through an agency, vector, or inanimate object
CONTAGIOUS DISEASE A disease that is easily transmitted from one person to another
INFECTIOUS DISEASE Disease transmitted by direct inoculation through a break in the skin
INFECTION Entry and multiplication of an infectious agent into the tissue of the host
INFESTATION Lodgement and development of arthropods on the surface of the body
ASEPSIS Absence of disease-producing microorganisms
SEPSIS The presence of infection
MEDICAL ASEPSIS Practices are designed to reduce the number and transfer of pathogens
e.g Clean technique
SURGICAL ASEPSIS Practices that render and keep objects and areas free from microorganisms
e.g Sterile technique
CARRIER is an individual who harbors the organism and is capable of transmitting it without showing manifestations of the disease
CASE a person who is infected and manifesting the signs and symptoms of the disease
SUSPECT a person whose medical history and signs and symptoms suggest that such person is suffering from that particular disease
CONTACT any person who had been in close association with an infected person
HOST A person, animal, or plant which harbors and provides nourishment for a parasite
RESERVOIR Natural habitat for the growth, multiplication, and reproduction of microorganisms
ISOLATION The separation of persons with communicable diseases from other persons
QUARANTINE The limitation of the freedom of movement of persons exposed to communicable diseases
STERILIZATION is the process by which all microorganisms including their spores are destroyed
DISINFECTION is the process by which pathogens but not their spores are destroyed from inanimate objects
CLEANING the physical removal of visible dirt and debris by washing contaminated surfaces
CONCURRENT Done immediately after the discharge of infectious materials/secretions
TERMINAL Applied when the patient is no longer the source of infection
BACTERICIDAL A chemical that kills microorganisms
BACTERIOSTATIC An agent that prevents bacterial multiplication but does not kill microorganisms
