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Asepsis- The state of being free of living pathogenic microorganisms or it's a the process of removing pathogenic microorganisms or protecting against infection by such organisms.

1. Medical Asepsis- precautions taken to prevent the spread of disease-causing organism.
2. These disease- causing organism are of different types and cause various infectious disease.
3. Reducing number of all organism, reduce the danger of those that cause illness.
4. When the patient comes to hospital he/ she brings his/ her organism (germs) along.
5. "Well" person carry organism but still stay in good health.
   "run-down"- organism might win out in the fight against body defense
6. Human body- magic like defenses against invasion of diseases.
7. Whether a person can resist disease- causing organism depends on

• Physical condition
• How and where he is living?
• The germs itself ( how weak or strong the organism and whether or not they are invading the body in great numbers.

8. Antibiotics- "miracle drugs"- Staphylococcus ( was not affected by medication).
9. Hospital personnel are in the vital position of preventing the spread of infection from one patient to another- This is what medical asepsis is all about.
10. Through hand washing- best- known means of controlling infection.