Chapter #6
Terms
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- standard precautions
- measures to prevent exposure to blood or body fluids that may spread disease
- OSHA
- an organization that regulates workplace health and safety
- MSDS
- material saftety data sheet- paper that has all chemicals with information about safety
- personal protective equipment
- equipment used to protect from exposure to pathogens
- GAS
- the bodys reaction to stress
- droplet precautions
- special actions used for patients known to have or suspected of havingillnesses transmitted by particale droplets
- universal precautions
- measures used to prevent health care workers from having contactwith pathogens
- ergonomics
- maximizing work efficiency by adapting the work environment for optimal physical and mental function
- category specific isolation prcautions
- used in addition to standard precautions in particular situation such as airbourn,droplet, and contact precautions
- isolation precautions
- used when there is a high risk of exposure to specific disease
- contact prcautions
- action used for patients with serious skin and wound infections caused by a variety of microorganisms
- sharps
- needles glass slides scalpel blades and other sharps biohazards
- HBV
- organism that causes the disease hepatitis B which is passed by blood of an infected indiviual
- HIV
- the virus that causes acquired immune deficiency
- body mechanics
- how the parts of the body interact for motion and movement
- biohazard
- a product contaminated with blood or body fluids which has the patential to spread disease
- biohazard symbol
- is a label or sticker that is placed in the waste container that employees are aware of the content
- airbourne precautions
- special actions used for patients with a known diagnosis of illnesses transported by airborne droplet nuclei
- stress
- a physical or mental space experience of force or strain