![]() For example:Salmonella and Shigella cause diarrheal illness upon ingestion of enoughorganisms. Pathogens: Microorganisms that nearly always produce disease. These organisms cause "trouble" when introduced intonormally sterile areas (like the bladder or bloodstream). Resident or Normal Flora: Those microorganisms that are constantly present onour bodies no amount of scrubbing will totally remove them (the skin cannot bemade sterile). Antisepsis(or handwashing and pre-op skin preparation) is the removal of transientmicroorganisms from the skin with a reduction in the resident flora. Transient: Transient microorganisms are easily picked up on hands, clothing,inanimate objects, etc., and are easily removed by handwashing and cleaning(physical removal of "germs"), antisepsis and disinfection.
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