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MEDICAL/SURGICAL ASEPSIS AND INFECTION CONTROL

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ANTISEPTICS = I
BACTERIOSTATIC SOLUTIONS R USED B 4 SURGERY, DURING WOUND CARE, MOUTH CARE, AND WASHING HANDS
AEROBIC
BACTERIA GROWS ONLY IN PRESENCE OF AIR , MOVE AROUND BY FLAGELLA
INFLAMATION
SIGNS OF THIS AND INFECTION ARE SIMILAR, BUT ....INFLAMATION RESPONSE MAY OCCUR W/OUT AN INFECTIOUS PROCESSON D
ILLNESS STAGE
WHEN PT MANIFESTS S & S SPECIFIC 2 TYPE OF INFECTION, SORE THROAT, SINUS CONGESTION, MUMPS MANIFESTED BY HIGH FEVER, SALIVARY GLAND SWELLING
DISENFECTION
THE USE OF A CHEMICAL THAT CNA B APPLIED TO OBJECTS TO DESTROY MICROORGANISMS
ANTHRAX 3 FORMS
CUTANEOUS....SKIN, INHALATION.... AND GASTROINTESTINAL, IT IS A SPORE FORMING BACTERIUM BACILLUS
NORMAL DEFENSE MECHANISMS AGAINST INFECTION
SKIN, NOUTH, RESPIRATORY TRACT, URINARY TRACT, GI TRACT AND VAGINA
CONVALESCENSE
WHEN S & S DISAPPEAR
NEGATIVE PRESSURE AIRFLOW
TO PREVENT INFECTIOUS PARTICLES FROM FLOWING OUT OF ROOM
HAND HYGIENE
2 MINUTE...."THE" MOST IMPORTANT AND BASIC PREVENTATIVE THCH.
EXOGENOUS
GROWING OUTSIDE THE BODY.....INFECTION CAUSED BY ANOTHER PERSON
VIRUSES
SMALLEST KNOWN AGENTS THAT CAUSE DISEASE, SELF LIMITING, EXCEPT IN RABIES AND AIDS. THEY ARE NOT COMPLETE CELLS BUT CONSISTS OF A PROTEIN COAT AROUND A NUCLEI ACID CORE AND DEPEND ON METABOLIC PROCESSES OF THE CELL THEY ENTER
ASEPSIS
FREE OF PATHOGENIC MICRIORGANISMS..............THIS IS DIVIDED INTO 2 CATAGORIES MEDICAL AND SURGICAL ASEPSIS
MICROORGANISM
ANY TINY, USUALLY MICROSCOPIC, ENTITY CAPABLE OF CARRYING ON LIVING PROCESS
GLOVES 2 METHODS
OPEN= GENERAL NURSING AND CLOSED= STERILE
RINGWORM
INFECTIONS OF THE SKIN, HAIR AND NAILS R COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS RINGWORM...MOST FREQUENT SITE IN CHILDREN IS THE SCALP, CONSIDERED INFEDFTIOUS, OHTER SITES ARE MEN'S BEARDS....BARBER'S ITCH AND ATHLETE'S FEET, ALSO FREQUENTLY ABOUT THE NAILS.
ENDOGENOUS
GROWING W/IN THE BODY
SPORE
IS A ROUND BODY THAT IS FORMED BY BACTERIUM IN THE PRESENCE OR ABSENCE OF AIR
PATHOGENS
DI CAUSE SPECIFIC DISEASES COULD BE BACTERIA, VIRUSES, YEASTS, FUNGI , OR PROTOZOA
PROTOZA
.ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR MALARIA, AMEBIC DYSENTERY, AND AFRICAN SLEEPING SICKNESS,
VIRULENT
HOSPITAL HARBORS MICROORGANISMS THAT COULD B HIGHLY PATHOGENIC OR RAPIDLY PROGRESSIVE
GLOVING LATEX ALLERGIES
WHENEVER POSSIBLE WEAR POWDER FREE GLOVES, POWDER IN AIR WITH LATEX IN IT...PT BREATHES IN AND ALLERGIES HAPPEN. ALLWAYS ASK IF PT IS ALLERGIC TO LATEX
STAGES OF INFECTION PROCESS, LOCALIZED OR SYSTEMIC
INCUBATION PERIOD, PRODROMAL STAGE, ILLNESS STAGE, CONVALESCENCE
INCUBATION PERIOD
ENTRANCE TO BODY & APPEARANCE OF 1ST SYMPTOMS
NONPATHOGENIC
HARMLESS MICROORGANISMS........BUT IF PERSON IS HIGHLY SUSCEPTIBLE TO INFECTION THE NONPATH. COULD BE DANGEROUS
STREPTOCOCCUS
RESPONSIBLE FOR MORE DISEASES THAN ANY OTHER ORGANISM
HOW ARE BACTERIA TRANSMITTED?
FROM PERSON TO PERSON BY DIRECT CONTACT, INHALING DROPLET NUCLEI AND INDIRECT CONTACT W/ ARTICLES CONTAMINATED W/ THE PATHOGEN
Joseph Lister
English surgeon. realizes aerial bacteria and wound infection. antiseptic principle. Very successful in limiting infection.
POSITIVE PRESSURE AIRFLOW
NO ORGANISMS R ABLE 2 ENTER ROOM
DISINFECTION
IS USED TO DESTROY MICROORGANISMS, BUT IT DOES NOT DESTROY SPORES
CARRIER
OR VECTOR= IS A PERSON OR ANIMAL WHO HARBORS & SPREADS AN ORGANISM, CAUSING DISEASE IN OTHERS BUT DOES NOT BECOME ILL.
STERILIZATION 7 2 METHODS
REFERS TO KILLING ALL MICROORGANISMS , INCLUDING SPORES, THE 2 METHODS R PHYSICAL & CHEMICAL....PHYSICAL USES HEAT OR RADIATION CHEMICAL USES CHEMICALS
EXIT ROUTES IN HUMANS
GI, RESPIRATORY, GU, TISSUE AND BLOOD
MEDICAL ASEPSIS
TECHNIQUES THAT INHIBIT THE GROWTH & SPREAD OF PATHOGENIC MICROORGANISMS....THIS IS AKA AS CLEAN TECHNIQUE
BACTERIA
GROWS IN 3 SHAPES, ROUND, OBLONG, SPIRAL
MAJOR SITES FOR NOSOCOMIAL INFECTIONS?
URINARY & RESPIRATORY TRACTS, BLOODSTREAM, AND SURGICAL OR TRAUMATIC WOUNDS
TB ISOLATION
ANY PT W/ POS ACID-FAST BACILLUS (AFB)SMEAR, ISOLATION...NEGATIVE AIRFLOW, HAVING AT LEAST 6 AIR EXCHANGES PER HOUR, ROOM VENTED TO OUTSIDE, DOOR CLOSED AT ALL TIMES TO KEEP NEG PRESSURE, HCW MUST WEAR N95 MASK OR HEPA RESPIRATOR
INFECTION PROCESSINTERRUPTED
IT IS BROKEN BY ASEPSIS.....
STANDARD PRECAUTIONS
HAND HYGIENE, GLOVES, MASK, EYE PROTECTION, FACE SHIELD, GOWN
ANEROBIC
BACTERIA GROWS ONLY IN THE ABSENCE OF AIR, MOVE AROUND BY FLAGELLA
ANTISEPTIC
IS A SUB. THAT TENS TO INHIBIT THE GROWTH AND REPRODUCTION OF MICROORGANISMS....AND STERILIZING
WHEN DOES SOMETHING STERILE BECOME CONTAMINATED?
ANYTHING OUT OF SIGHT, OR IT GOES BELOW WAIST LINE. OR IF IT SITS OUT UNUSED
INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE
IS SUPPOSED TO HELP REPAIR THE BODY'S CELLS
INFECTION PROCESS
THE INFECTIOUS AGENT, RESERVOIR....WHERE PATHOGEN CAN GROW, PORTAL OF EXIT, MODE OF TRANSMISSION.......SUCH AS EXUDATE, FECES, AIR DROPLETS, HANDS, AND NEEDLES. PORTAL OF ENTRANCE.......MOUTH, BREAK IN SKIN AND MUCOUS MEMEBRANE, HOST......ANOTHER PERSON
CLEANING
REMOVAL OF ALL FOREIGN MATERIAL, SOIL, ORGANIC MATERIAL FROM OBJECTS.
MODE OF TRANSMISSION, VEHICLE IS CALLED A VECTOR
THE MEANS BY THE ORGANISMS ARE CARRIED ABOUT.
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ANOREXIA
PT IS JUST NOT EATING
HOST
IS AN ORGANISM IN WHICH ANTOHER, USUALLY PARASITIC, ORGANISM IS NOURISHED AND HARBORED
JOSEPH LISTER
IS KNOWN AS FATHER OF ASEPTIC TECHNIQUE.....HE REDUCED MORBIDITY & MORTALITY FROM SURGERY AND WOUND CARE....THESE METHODS ARE STILL USED TODAY
SURGICAL ASEPSIS
DESTROYS ALL MICROORGANISMS & THEIR SPORES, SUCH AS FUNGI OR PROTOZOA., INCLUDING PATHOGENS, THIS IS AKA STERILIE TECHNIQUE,
RESERVIOR
ANY NATURAL HABITAT OF A MICROORGANISM THAT PROMOTES GROWTH AND REPRODUCTION
INFECTION CONTROL
P & P OF FACILITY TO MINIMIZE RISK OF NOSOCOMIAL OR COMMUNITY ACQUIRED INFECTIONS SPREADING TO PT & OTHER STAFF MEMEBERS
ENTRANCE OF ORGANISM
OFTEN THE SAME AS THE METHOD OF EXIT...SKIN IS FIRST LINE OF DEFENSE
FUNGI
FUNGAL (MYCOTIC) INFECTIONS R AMONG THE MOST COMMON DISEASES FOUND IN HUMANS,
NOSOCOMIAL INFECTION
ACQUIRED IN HOSPITAL AFTER 12 HOURS OF ADMISSION
CDC 1996 ISOLATION PRECAUTIONS
APPLY TO 1, BLOOD, 2, ALL BODY FLUIDS, SECRETIONS, AND EXCRETIONS EXCEPT SWEAT, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER OR NOT THEY CONTAINED VISIBLE BLOOD, 3, NONINTACT SKIN, 4, MUCOUS MEMBRANES
PRODROMAL STAGE
ONSET OF NONSPECIFIC S & S (MALAISE, LOW GRADE FEVER, FATIGUE) MICROORGANISMS GROW & MULTIPLY RAPIDLY, PT IS CAPABLE OF SPREADING DISEASE 2 OTHERS
ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPOTTED FEVER
FOUND ALMOST EVERYWHERE IN USA, IT IS INCREASING, IT IS CAUSED BY BITE OF INFECTED TICK, S&S ARE SIMILAR TO TYPHUS FEVER...VERY ILL

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