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| infection control practices designed to protect against diseases that can be transmitted by airborne pathogens 1 to 5 microns in diameter. Pg 211 |
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Pg 211
Asepsis - freedom from infection. Pg 208 |
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| prokaryotic(do not have a nucleus) ubiquitous single cell organism, microscopic pg 2 |
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| diseases that may be transmitted through blood an certain other body fluids that cause infection and illness. Pg 206 |
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| Body substance isolation (BSI) |
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| infection control practices designed to protect against diseases that can be transmitted through feces, nasal secretions sputum,sweat,tears,urine and emesis. |
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| pg 205 - person with know symptoms of disease but the have it in their body an may transmit to others. |
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an illustration use to describe the route a new pathogen
takes from a source to new host, causing infection an illness |
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| tx of disease by chemical agents |
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- infectious control practices designed to protect against
diseases that can be transmitted through touching infected persons or
contaminated environments |
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stage of life cycle of certain parasites during which they are
enclosed in. Protective wall |
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| - occurring in two distinct forms |
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any deviation form or interruptions of the normal of structure or
function of any part, organ or system of the body that is mannered by
characteristic set of symptoms and signs and whole etiology,pathology, and
prognosis may be known or unknown |
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chemicals used to free Environment from pathogenic organisms
or render them inert. Applied mostly to inanimate materials |
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infectious control measure designed to protect
against diseases that can be transmitted through droplets ex: of origins -
talking,singing,coughing,sneezing,laughing,and certain medical practices. |
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organisms whose cells have a true nucleus. Ex mammal
cells and fungi |
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| waste eliminated from the body |
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| microbial community founds in a healthy person |
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an object like book that is not harmful itself but can harbor pathogenic
microorganism land may serve as an agent |
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denotes eukaryotic protist- includes mushroom, yeasts,
moles,rust,and smuts. They have an absences of chlorophyll and a rigid cell
wall. |
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| animal or plant that harbors or nourish another organism |
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| - resulting from the activity of physicians |
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| security from a particular disease, you produce antibodies |
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- invasion an multiplication of a microorganism in body tissue
that may be clinically unapparent or result in local cellular injur |
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reduces the number of infectious agent but doesn't wipe the
out |
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| Methicillin Resistant Saph Aureus |
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MRSA
methicillin resistant staph
aureus - infectious disease caused by a antibiotic resistant pathogen. Can
develop when people don't take all the medication prescribed to them, strongest
bacteria survive an develop an immunity |
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| microorganism that prone to cause diseases. |
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- microscopic organism- small living thing that can't be seen
without the aid of microscope |
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air circulation in a room that draws air upward into the
ventilation system. Air flows into the room when the door is closed |
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| hospital acquired infection |
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| an agent that causes disease- virus, bacteria, fungi or Protozoa |
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- body opening on uninflected person that allows pathogens to
enter. |
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any body opening or an infected area that allows pathogens to
leave. |
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| cellular organisms that lack a true nucleus |
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a unicellular organism that is neither plant or animals distinguished
from bacteria by greater size and they don't posses a cell wall. |
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- alt or passive host or carrier that harbors pathogenic
organisms wo injury to itself and serves as a source from which other
individuals can be infected. |
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| place where pathogen lives, reproduce an exits the body |
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precautions to prevent the transmission of
disease by body fluid an substances |
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- complete destruction or elimination. Of all living micro
organisms accomplished by physical methods (dry or moist heat), chemical
agents ( alcohol, ethylene oxide, formaldehyde) radiation,( ultra
violet,cathode) or mechanical methods (filtration) |
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likely to contract a disease because of weakened a immune
system are susceptible to many disease |
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- procedure used to prevent contamination before, during an
after surgery |
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| Transmission Based Precautions |
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- infection control practices designed to
protect against diseases that can be transmitted through airborne,droplet, and
contact route |
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- lung disease caused by microorganism which is easily
transmitted to others. |
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- infection control practices designed to protect against
diseas that can be transmitted through blood, any body fluids and any
substances that contain bloods. Aka standard precaution |
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suspension of attenuated or killed micro organisms administered for
prevention,improment or tx of infectious disease |
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| Vancomycin Resistant Enterococci |
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VRE
enterococci that are resistant to
Vancomycin, s powerful antibiotic designed to prevent or kill bacterial
infection.
1) Note bacteria that resembles stre |
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carrier that transfer an infective agent from one host to another ( tick,
mosquito) |
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| - complete viral particle found |
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infectious agent that do not have an indepent metabolism an
can only replicate within a living host cell
1) can not live outside a living cell.
neither prokaryotic or eukaryotic |
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- acid fast bacilli
1) Acid fast |
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| - purified protein derivative (TB test) |
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| - personal protective equipment |
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