2. 1.2 HYGIENE DURING OPERATIONS

2.1. Unit Task 1: Defining terms

Hygiene
Hygiene refers to the set of practices associated with the preservation of health and healthy living. Hygiene is a concept related to medicine, as well as to personal and professional care practicesrelated to most aspects of living, although it is most often associated with cleanliness and preventative measures.
The term "hygiene" is derived from Hygeia, the Greek goddess of health, cleanliness and sanitation. Hygiene is also the name of the science that deals with the promotion and preservation of health, also called hygienics.
Infections
An infection is the detrimental colonization of a host organism by a foreign species. In an infection, the infecting organism seeks to utilize the host's resources to multiply, usually at the expense of the host.