Infection Control

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Discipline concerned with preventing nosocomial/health-associated infection

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Infection Control

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Presence and multiplication of microorganisms in the tissue of the host, which may/may not have signs/symptoms

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Infection

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Bacteria frequently found in everyone in specific parts of the body.

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Normal flora

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Presence of bacteria on a surface without multiplication and damage to the host tissue.

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Colonization

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Illnesses caused by germs that enter the body, multiply, and can cause an infection.

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Infectious disease

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Any potential pathogen

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Causative agent

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Type of microorganism that causes disease

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Pathogenic

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Type of microorganism that can be potentially pathogenic

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Opportunistic

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Type of microorganism that is beneficial

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Non-pathogenic

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One-celled microorganisms that are independent, encapsulated, and can be cocci/bacilli/spirochetes in shape

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Bacteria

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Most effective procedure to kill bacteria in the shortest amount of time.

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High temperature exposure

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Microorganisms that can cause many diseases in humans, animals, and plants

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Virus

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Plants that lack chlorophyll.

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Fungus

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Most common yeast infection of the oral cavity.

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Oral Candidiasis

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One-celled organism found in freshwater and saltwater habitats, and in soil, and can cause intestina infections, blood, lungs, liver, or brain.

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Protozoa

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An opportunistic protozoan infection.

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Pneumocystis Carinii

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Single-celled to multiple-cell organisms found in fresh/saltwater habitats, and most do not produce human diseases.

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Algae

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Where the pathogens live.

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Reservoir

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How the infectious agent leaves its reservoir.

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Portal of Exit

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Mechanism for transfer of an infectious agent from the reservoir to the susceptible host.

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Mode of Transmission

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MOT wherein the disease is passed directly from one infected person to another person/animal.

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Direct

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Direct transmission that can occur anytime an infected person touches/exchanges body fluids with another person.

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Person-to-Person

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Direct transmission wherein the disease is spread by coughing/sneezing, which can cause the droplets containing the infectious agent to land on nearby people

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Droplet

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MOT wherein disease is passed from an infected person to another person even without direct contact.

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Indirect

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Indirect transmission wherein an infectious agent enters the air when an infected person sneezes/laughs/breathes and the agent remains in the air for an extended period of time.

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Airborne

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Indirect transmission through inanimate objects

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Fomites

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MOT that required another organism to transmit a disease from person to person or from animal to person.

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Vector

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Most common vector-borne transmission of disease.

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Insect bite

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May be mists (fine, stay in the air) or splatter (larger and easily seen) that may contain airborne/bloodborne pathogens

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Aerosols

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Path which infectious agent enters the susceptible host.

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Portal of Entry

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A person/animal lacking effective resistance to a particular pathogenic agent.

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Susceptible host

Question 32

What year was the Birth of Infectious Disease Hospitals, when patients with infectious disease process are placed in quarantine? a. 1910 b. 1867 c. 1877 d. 1977

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c. 1877

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What year was Barrier Nursing introduced? a. 1810 b. 1911 c. 1910 d. 1901

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c. 1910

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The first manual published by the Center for Disease Control in 1970.

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Isolation Techniques For Use In Hospitals

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What are the 7 isolation categories?

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Strict isolation Respiratory isolation Protective isolation Enteric isolation Wound and skin isolation Discharge precautions Blood precautions

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What was made due to the HIV epidemic in 1985?

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Universal precautions

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Isolation of all moist and potentially infectious body substances primarily through the use of gloves, made in 1987.

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Body Substance Isolation (BSI)

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A two-tiered system established in 1991, that includes Standard and Transmission-based precautions.

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Hospital Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee (HICPAC)

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Primary strategy for successful nosocomial infection control.

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Standard precautions

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For patients known/suspected to be infected by epidemiologically important pathogens spread by airborne or droplet transmission, or by contact with dry skin or contaminated muscles.

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Transmission-based precautions

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Infections originated from a healthcare setting.

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Nosocomial infections

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What are the 3 major modes of transmission in healthcare setting?

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Puncture wounds Skin contact Mucous membranes

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What are bloodborne pathogens?

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Hepatitis B Virus Hepatitic C Virus Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)

Question 44

This isolation manual emphasized on the decision making on the use of isolation precautions to reduce costs associated with unnecessary isolation precautions.

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1983 CDC Manual