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What does AIDS stand for? |
Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome |
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Acquired Immunity |
Immunity that the body develops after exposure to disease |
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Allergy |
Reaction to to extreme sensitivity to certain normally harmless substances. |
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Antiseptic |
Germicide for use on skin |
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Asymptomatic |
Showing no symptoms or sign of infection. |
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Bacilli |
Rod-shapped bacteria, produce tetanus,typhoid fever, tuberculosis, and diphtheria. |
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Bacteria |
Single-celled microorganisms that have both plant and animal characteristics |
Plants vs animals |
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Bacterial spores |
Bacteria that can form a protective coat that allows them to withstand certain harsh environments |
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Bactericidal |
Capable of destroying bacteria |
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Binary fission |
Division of bacteria cells into two new daughter cells |
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Biofilms |
Colonies of bacteria that adhere together and to environmental surfaces |
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Bloodied pathogens |
Disease causing microorganisms that are carried in the blood or bodily fluids. |
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Cheating soaps |
Breakdown stubborn films and pedicure products |
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Clean |
Process using soap water to remove all visible dirt, debris, and many disease causing germs |
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Cocci (kok-sy) |
Round shaped bacteria, |
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Contagious disease |
Disease that can be spread |
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Contamination |
Presence of blood or other infectious materials on items surface |
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Decontamination |
Removal of blood or other infectious materials |
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Diagnosis |
Determination of the nature of disease from it's symptoms. |
Salon professionals can not do this |
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Diplococci |
Spherical bacteria, causes pneumonia |
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Direct transmission |
Transmission of bodily fluids through touching, talking, kissing, sneezing. |
Mono |
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Disease |
Abnormal condition of all or part of the body making it incapable of normal function |
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Disinfectants |
Chemical products approved by the EPA to destroy most bacteria, fungi, and viruses on surfaces |
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Efficacy |
Ability to produce an effect |
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Exposure incident |
Contact with broken skin, blood, body, fluid or other potentially infectious material that is the result of an employee's duties |
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Flagella |
Slender hair- like extensions used by bacilli and spirella for moving |
AKA cilia |
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Folliculitus barbae (fah-lik-yuh-LY-tis BAR-bee) |
Inflammation of hair folliclescaused by bacterial infection from in grown hairs |
Barber's itch |
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fungi |
Single- celled organisms that grow in irregular masses that include molds mildew, yeasts. Can produce ringworm |
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Hepatitis |
Bloodborn virus that causes disease and can damage the liver |
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HOSPITAL DISINFECTANTS |
disinfectants that are effective for cleaning blood and bodily fluids |
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HIV |
Virus that causes acquired immune deficiency syndrome |
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Immunity |
The ability of the body to destroy and resist infection |
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Indirect Transmission |
Transmission of blood or bodily fluids through contact with an intermediate object |
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Infection |
Invasion of body tissues by disease causing pathogens |
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Inflammation |
A condition in which the body reacts to injury, irritation, or Infection with redness, heart, pain, and swelling |
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Local infection |
In fiction such as a pimple the is confined to a specific part of the body and appears as a lesion cotaining pus |
Pustule |
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MRSA |
A type of infectious bacteria that is highlyresistant to conventional treatments due to incorrect doses or choice of antibiotic |
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Mildew |
Type of fungus that affects plants growth on inanimate objects, but does not cause human infections |
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Motility |
Self-movement |
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Multiuse items |
AKA reusable items |
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Mycobacterium Fortuitum |
Microscopic germ that normally exists in tap water in small numbers |
Water |
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Nonpathegenic |
Harmless microorganisms that may perform useful functions and are safer to come into contact with |
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Nonporous |
An item made of a material with no porse and can not absorb liquid |
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Parasitic disease |
Disease caused by parasites such as nice or lice |
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Pathogenic |
Harmful microorganisms that can cause disease or infections in humans when they invade the body |
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Occupational disease |
Illness resulting from conditions associated with employment such as prolonged and repeated overexposure to certain products or ingredients |
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Porous |
Made or constructed of a material that has press or openings |
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Pus |
Fluid created by infection |
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QUATS |
Quaternary ammonium compounds |
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Sanitizing |
Chemical process for reducing number of disease- causing germs on cleaned surfaces to a safe level |
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Scabies |
Contagious skin disease caused by the itch mite which burrows under skin |
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Single- use items |
Items that can only be used once |
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Sodium hypochlorite |
Bleach |
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Spirilla |
Spiral or corkscrew-shaped bacteria that can cause diseases such as syphilis and Lyme disease |
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Staphylococci |
Pus-forming bacteria that causes pustules, abscesses, and boils |
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Sterilization |
Process that completely destroys all microbial life |
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Systematic infection |
Infection that affects the body as a whole |
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Tinea barbae |
An infection causing inflamed patches in usually hairy areas |
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Tinea capitis |
An infection of the scalp causing red papules or spots at the opening of hair follicles. |
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Tinea Pedis |
Ringworm of the foot |
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Toxins |
Various poisonous substances produced by some microorganisms |
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