isolation precautions

Question 0

What is a microorganism?

Answer 0

microscopic

bacteria parasites

Question 1

What are the principles of isolation precautions?

Answer 1

protect all inculding pt

containment of pathogen

Question 2

What is a pathogen and what is an example?

Answer 2

disease prpoducing

measles

Question 3

What is an infection?

Answer 3

invasion of tissues by pathogen

Question 4

nosoconomial?

Answer 4

hospital acquired

Question 5

What does virulence mean?

Answer 5

ability of pathogen strength/ability to produce disease, high/med/low

Question 6

What is colonization?

Answer 6

organism that is present but doesnt invade dissues

Example, flora of colon

Question 7

What is epidemiology?

Answer 7

study of distrubution andf determinants of health related states or disease events

Question 8

ARO?

Answer 8

antibiotic resistant organism

Question 9

MDRO

Answer 9

multiple drug resistant organism

Question 10

MRSA

Answer 10

methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus

Question 11

VRE

Answer 11

Vancomycin resistant enterococci

Question 12

CDAD

Answer 12

Clostridium difficile associated diarrhea

Question 13

HAI

Answer 13

Hospital aquired infection

Question 14

CAUTI

Answer 14

catheter associated UTI

Question 15

AGMP

Answer 15

Aerosol generating med procedure

Question 16

What is the chain of infection?

Answer 16

infecticous agent
Reservoir
portal of exit
mode of transmission
portal of entry 
host

Question 17

What is contact MOD?

Answer 17

direct contact/indirect
droplet
transfer by phy touch

Question 18

Direct Contact?

Answer 18

ohysical skin to skin

Question 19

Indirect contact?

Answer 19

contact with a contaminated intermeddiate object

Question 20

Example of direct contact MOD?

Answer 20

MRSA VRE clostridium difficile

Question 21

Examples of indirect contact pathogens?

Answer 21

MRSA VRE

Question 22

Examples of MO droplet MOD?

Answer 22

influenza, SARS

Question 23

What is droplet Transmission?

Answer 23

large particles from respiratory system, propelled up to one meter

Question 24

What is Airborne Transmission?

Answer 24

small airborne particles 5> microbes that can be in air for 1m+ suseptible host inhales

Question 25

Example of MO that is airborne?

Answer 25

Mycobacterium TB, varocella zoster, measles

Question 26

Veichle Transmissions?

Answer 26

single contaminated source transmits to multiple host results in outbreak water,drugs,food

Question 27

What is an example of MO that uses veichle transmission?

Answer 27

salmonella

Question 28

What is vectorborne transmission?

Answer 28

insects flees West Nile virus, Lyme disease

Question 29

What does Standard Precautions include?

Answer 29

hand hygiene PPE Safe handling of sharps and biohazardous waste

Question 30

When would you wear a N95 repirator?

Answer 30

Airborne precuations

Question 31

Airborne Precautions? TB, measles, versela, chicken pox

Answer 31

``` Single negative pressure doorclosed N95 respwhich is only to be removed in hallway/anterrom confined to room except for essential tx wear procedural mark if exits room ```

Question 32

Droplet Precautions? Mumps, diptheria, mersa, pertussis

Answer 32

door can be open if room shared, 1 m apart mask/glasses w/i one meter of pt gloves and gowns as per routine practices pt out only for essential practices, wearing mask

Question 33

Contact Precautions?

Answer 33

``` Single Room preferred open door? gloves gown if clothing may have direct contact with contaminated objects remove gloves and gowns before exiting dedicated equippment or disinfected pt can leave room just preform hand hygiene first procedural mask eyewear yes gown? if within 1m ```

Question 34

Droplet/contact?

Answer 34

contact precautions | and should wear mask/eyewear w/i one metter of coughing pt

Question 35

Enhanced Precautions? | H1N1

Answer 35

``` single room unless same organism then 1m apart neg pressure if available For AGMP door closed and N95&eyewear Gloves and gown when in contact procedural mark/protective eyewear w/i 2 m dedicated equippment limit transport restrict visitors ```

Question 36

Strict Precautions? | undiagnosed. SARS, foreign trip, H5N1(aveian)

Answer 36

``` staff selff monitoring single room neg air pressure n95 resp, googles, gloves, gown limit AGMP procedures which would require googles and full face shield restrict visitors ```

Question 37

Cytotoxic Precautions?

Answer 37

High, med, low follow hazzardous drug handing precautions single/double nitrile gloves, eye and facial protection, gown pt wastes and laundry may need cytotoxic container hazardous drugs spills kits can cause celllular harm to body