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Hair Chemistry: Foundations Ch 05 Vocabulary Infection Control Part 3

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This deck covers key terms and concepts related to infection control, focusing on diseases, microorganisms, and disinfectants relevant to the salon, spa, and barbershop environments.

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Illness resulting from conditions associated with employment, such as prolonged and repeated overexposure to certain products or ingredients.

Occupational disease
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Key Terms

Term
Definition
Illness resulting from conditions associated with employment, such as prolonged and repeated overexposure to certain products or ingredients.
Occupational disease
Organisms that grow, feed and shelter on or inside another organism, while contributing nothing to the survival of that organism.
Parasites
Disease caused by parasites, such as lice and mites.
Parasitic disease
Harmful microorganisms that can cause disease or infection in humans when they invade the body.
Pathogenic
Disease produced by organisms, including bacteria, viruses, fungi, and parasites.
Pathogenic disease
Infestation of the hair and scalp with head lice.
Pediculosis capitis
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Hair Chemistry: Foundations Ch 05 Vocabulary Infection Control Part 3
TermDefinition
Illness resulting from conditions associated with employment, such as prolonged and repeated overexposure to certain products or ingredients.
Occupational disease
Organisms that grow, feed and shelter on or inside another organism, while contributing nothing to the survival of that organism.
Parasites
Disease caused by parasites, such as lice and mites.
Parasitic disease
Harmful microorganisms that can cause disease or infection in humans when they invade the body.
Pathogenic
Disease produced by organisms, including bacteria, viruses, fungi, and parasites.
Pathogenic disease
Infestation of the hair and scalp with head lice.
Pediculosis capitis
Tuberculocidal disinfectants that are a form of formaldehyde, have a very high pH, and can damage the skin and eyes.
Phenolic disinfectants
Made or constructed of a material that has pores or openings; absorbent.
Porous
A fluid created by infection.
Pus
Products designed for disinfection of nonporous surfaces; they are appropriate for use in noncritical (noninvasive) environments and are effective against most pathogens of concern in the salon, spa, or barbershop environment.
Quaternary ammonium compounds (quats)
A fungal infection of the skin that appears in circular lesions.
Ringworm
A chemical process for reducing the number of disease-causing germs on cleaned surfaces to a safe level.
Sanitation (sanitizing)
A contagious skin disease that is caused by the itch mite, which burrows under the skin.
Scabies
Common household bleach; an effective disinfectant for the salon, spa, and barbershop.
Sodium hypochlorite
Guidelines published by the CDC that require the employer and employee to assume that any human blood and body fluids are potentially infectious.
Standard Precautions
Pus-forming bacteria that grow in clusters like a bunch of grapes; causes abscesses, pustules, and boils.
Staphylococci
The process that completely destroys all microbial life, including spores.
Sterilization
An infection where the pathogen has distributed throughout the body rather than staying in one area or organ.
Systemic infection
Also known as barber's itch; a superficial fungal infection that commonly affects the skin; it is primarily limited to the bearded areas of the face and neck or around the scalp.
Tinea barbae
A fungal infection of the scalp characterized by red papules, or spots, at the opening of the hair follicles.
Tinea capitis
Often referred to as phenolics, are proved to kill bacterium that cause tuberculosis, in addition to other pathogens destroyed through the use of hospital disinfectants.
Tuberculocidal disinfectants
A disease caused by bacteria that are transmitted through coughing or sneezing.
Tuberculosis
Capable of destroying viruses.
Virucidal
A parasitic submicroscopic particle that infects and resides in cells of biological organisms. It is capable of replication only through taking over the host cell's reproductive function.
Virus