Term
| Differentiate colonization from infection |
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Definition
Colonization - to symptoms
Infection - symptoms |
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Term
| What are the important points of food preparation? |
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Definition
| Wash hands, fresh food, clean surfaces, store carefully, no pets, |
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Term
| Name the common antibiotics used to treat C Diff, MRSA, and VRE |
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Definition
C Diff - Vancomycin, Flagyl, Nitazoxanide (Alinia) Fecal Transplant
MRSA - Vancomycin, Zyvox
VRE-penicillan, gentomycin, Zyvox |
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Term
| List 2 common food sources for E. Coli and Salmonellosis |
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Definition
E. Coli - Ground beef
Salmonellosis- Raw chicken, eggs |
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Term
What types of precautions are used for:
C Diff
AIDS
MRSA
Measles |
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Definition
C Diff - Contact
AIDS - standard
MRSA - contact
Measles - airborne |
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Term
| List 2 groups of people recommended. To have the flu vaccination by the CDC? |
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Definition
Children 6 mos - 19 yrs.
Anyone over 50
Health care workers
Residents of LTC facilities |
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Term
| Give examples of a hospital acquired infection |
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Definition
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Term
How are the following diseases transmitted:
Lymes
Legionnaires
West Nile Virus
H1N1 flu |
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Definition
Lymes - tick bite
Legionaires- aerosol
West Nile Virus - mosquito
H1N1 flu - person to person |
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Term
| What is the most commonly acquired STD? |
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Definition
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Term
| What are the S/S of an STI? |
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Definition
| vaginal discharge, itching, odor, hematuria, dysuria |
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Term
| What are the symptoms/complications and treatment of Syphilis |
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Definition
SX : chancre (early), blindness, psychosis, CV disease (late)
Complications : psychosis, blindness, stroke, meningitis, pain
Tx: penicillan |
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Term
What are the symptoms/complications/ and treatment of Chlamydia?
gonorrhea
HPV |
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Definition
Sx: dysuria, erythritis,epididymitis
Complications: PID, damage to reproductive organs
Tx: Doxycycline (Adnoxa), Azithromycin(zithromax) |
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Term
| Which diseases are mandatory to report to the CDC? |
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Definition
| AIDS, hepetitis, syphilis, gonorrhea, chlamydia, TB, chicken pox, encephalitis, measles, mumps |
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Term
| What are the routine chidhood vaccinations? |
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Definition
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Term
| What are the characteristics of C Diff? What are the risk factors? |
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Definition
fqt diarrhea w/ patricular odor and appearance (brown jello)
multi antibioticz, GI Sx, Age, feeding tube, chemo, chronic illness, environmental exposure |
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Term
| What is ESBL and what are the precautions/ treatment? |
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Definition
Multiresistant gram - bacteria, mostly in GI tract, TX by 3rd generation Cephalosporin,
Good handwashing obeying infection control policies
* Antibiotic ointment increases colinization* |
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Term
| What is salmonellosis? S/S? Treatment? |
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Definition
Gram - bacteria
found in poultry, eggs, raw milk, meat
S/S NVD, fever (almost always), sudden HA, abdominal pain
Tx: often resolves w/ fluids |
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Term
| What is E Coli? Sources? S/S? Treatment? |
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Definition
can cause fatal hemorrhagic colitis or thrombocytopenia
from undercooked foods contaminated bey feces or persons who did not wash hands
undercooked beef, unpasturized milk, apple cider, municipal water, spinach
S/S bloody diarrhea, cramps, fever |
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Term
| What diseased are mandatory to be reported to the CDC? |
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Definition
| AIDS, hepatitis, syphilis, gonorrhea, chlamydia, TB, chicken pox, encephalitis, measles, mumps |
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Term
| What are S/S/Complications/Tx for Gonorrhea? |
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Definition
S/S - bloody urine
Complications - PID. Menengitis
Tx - Rocephin, Cipro |
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Term
| What are the S/S/Complications/Tx. for HPV? |
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Definition
Over 100 strains, affects skin of penis, scrotum, vulva, anus, and lining of vagina/rectum
Complications: cervical cancer
Tx: Acyclovar, Podophylloin (Podofin, Vaccine |
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Term
| What is an important teaching point for someone being treated for Gonorrhea? |
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Definition
| Remain abstinent until antibiotics are completed |
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Term
| What is an incubation period? |
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Definition
Time between invasion by infectious agent and first appearance of S/S
Varies from 2-4 hrs. - staph
10 - 15 yrs. - syphilis
TB 4-12 weeks
flu 1-3 days
lyme disease 14-21 days |
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Term
| What is the Communicable period? |
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Definition
Time when infectious agent can be passed on
flu 3-5 days
hep B. several weeks |
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Term
| What is the Prodromal period? |
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Definition
| Between first symptom and appearance of symptoms that typify the disease |
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