Infection control
Terms
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- Exaggerated hypersensitivity reaction that, in severe cases, leads to vacular collapse, bronchospasm, and shock
- anaphylaxis
- Innumoglobulin produced by the immune system in response to bacteria, viruses, or other antigenic
- antibody
- Foreign substance that causes the production of a specific antibody.
- antigen
- Pertaining to substance that inhibit the growth of microorganisimsk, such asalcohol and povidone-iodine solution(Betadine)
- antiseptic
- Disturbance in the imune system in which the body reacts against its own tissue.
- autoimmune
- infecion caused by a yeastlike fungus that typically affects the vcainal mucosa and skin.
- candidiasis
- Capable of being formed into class
- coagulate
- Soiled with pathogens or infectious material nonsterile
- contaminated
- A disruption of normal system functions
- disorder
- Agents that destroy pathogenic organisms.
- germicides
- Pertaining to a characteristic, condition, or disease transmitted from parent to offspring on the DNA chain.
- Hereditary
- infection acquired during hospitaliztion or in a healthcare setting; often caused by Escherichia coli, hepatitis viruses, Pseudomonas, and Staphylococcus microorganisms.
- nosocomial infection
- an agent that relieves or alleviates symptoms without curing the disease.
- palliative