Lab Practical 1 and Lec exam 2

Question 1

bloodbourne pathogen

Answer 1

A microorganism that produces disease present in human blood.

Question 2

host

Answer 2

organism in which the microorganism grows

Question 3

incubation period

Answer 3

time period between when organism infiltrates a host and symptoms show

Question 4

communicable periiod

Answer 4

spreading microorganism from one person to another usually in a certain time period

Question 5

portal of entry

Answer 5

break in skin, break in mucus membrane, mouth,eyes, ears where a microorganism can enter body

Question 6

susceptible host

Answer 6

host that can accept microorganism usually the host has been compromised in some way

Question 7

incubation

Answer 7

when organism grows and replicates

Question 8

communication

Answer 8

spreafding of microorganism from one host to another

Question 9

window period

Answer 9

period of time between invasion of a pathogen and when it can be detected by a test

Question 10

opportunistic infection

Answer 10

infectioon caused by a microorganism on the body that doesn’t usually make a healthy person ill

Question 11

nonsocomial infection

Answer 11

iinfection originating in a hospital not the reason they were admited… UTI with a catheter, surgery tract infection, respiratory tract infection, bloodstream infection, GI infections, CNS infections, GI infections, fungal infections, staph infections, bacterial infections

Question 12

universal precautions

Answer 12

guidelines brought on by OSHA to protect the employee

Question 13

standard precautions

Answer 13

CDC guideelines for dealing with bloodbourne pathogens and controlong infection

Question 14

medical asepsis

Answer 14

practices that help reduce the spread of microorganisms

Question 15

surgical asepsis

Answer 15

practices and procedures that render and keep objects and areas free of microorganisms

Question 16

decontamination

Answer 16

the use of physical or chemical means to remove, inactivate, or destroy a bloodborne pathogen on the surface of an item to the point where they are rendered incapable of spreading so items can be used or disposed off

Question 17

sterilization

Answer 17

a process where all microorganisms and spores are destroyed

Question 18

disinfection

Answer 18

The destruction or removal of pathenogenic organisms, but not necessarily their spores

Question 19

contact isolation

Answer 19

pt. prvt room, deicated equipment, gown, gloves, and minimize pt. transport…. MRSA, VISA, VRE aminoglycoside resistant, gram negative, uncontrolled diarrhea, lice, scabies, impetigo.

Question 20

droplet isolation

Answer 20

prvt. room, mask and minimize transport and have pt. dawn mask if leaving room…. mumps (rubella), neisseria meningitis

Question 21

airborne isolation

Answer 21

prvt room with neg. air flow N-95 respirator or dust and mist mask. mask pt if leaving room…. Measles (pulmonary), Tuberculosis

Question 22

airborne plus contact isolation

Answer 22

prvt room with neg air flow, mask or N-95 respirator, gown, gloves…. chickenpox, disseminated herpes, zoster in immunocompromised hosts, smallpox

Question 23

sterile field

Answer 23

an area that is kept sterile for instuments, and anything to be used with patient and kept sterile.

Question 24

MRSA

Answer 24

methcyllian resistant Staph aureas

Question 25

VRSA

Answer 25

vancomycin resistant staphylocaucus aureas

Question 26

VRE

Answer 26

vancomycin resistant enterrocaucus