Infection Control test Flashcards
(33 cards)
Pathogens
Microbes that cause disease / harm
Droplet + PPE needed
Gown + gloves + face mask with private room with doors open : Coughing, sneezing
Airborne + PPE needed
N95 Respirator + gloves + Gloves, Negative air pressurized room with closed door : Tuberculosis
Contact + PPE needed
Gloves + Gown, can room with a person with the same infection
MRSA and VSE are they serious? Do they have carriers?
Yes they are serious because they resist antibiotics and they have carriers. Not treatable.
Fomite
Contaminated objects
Standard precautions and when to use gloves
Always wash your hands before and after gloving. Glove whenever you come into contact with a patient. Basic protection needed
Disease carriers
Organisms that carry Microbes without symptomatic from their disease and then they can pass it off to others. (Chronic Carriers)
Best infection Control protection
Wash your hands
Asepsis
Cleaning the surface to get rid of base germs (Pathogenic Microbes) - Type 1
Disinfection
Removing most microbes from something on the surface level - Type 2
Nosocomial Infection
An infection picked up from the hospital
Sterilization
To remove all microbes from something - Type 3
Body Flora
Microbes that live all around the body and therefore are not the same
Communicable disease
Spreadable disease - person to person - Can be spread direct and indirect
Smallpox
A virus that is related to the Herpes Zoster virus (Shingles)
Medical hand washing
Warm water, lots of friction, scrub under nails, 15-20 seconds
Medical Asepsis
Medical Practices that reduce microbes
Immune system + can it help ward off exposure to disease
The immune system helps fight off the diseases and it makes antibodies and it can help ward off diseases
Where do the sharp objects go (ex. used needles, razors )
They go in the sharp bin
Where do microorganisms best grow
Dark, Warm and moist environments
Bacteria are identified by
Shape and Arrangement
Staphylococcal infections cause what
Skin infections usually by wounds
Chain of infection
Pathogenic Microbe, Reservoir, Portal of exit, Mode of Transmission, Portal of entry, and Susceptible Host