Wound Management Ch. 6 Flashcards
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Localized collection of pus within body tissues.
Abscess
Bacteria that require oxygen to survive.
Aerobes
Bacteria that cannot survive in an oxygen-
rich environment.
Anaerobes
Type of antimicrobial that is effective against bacteria.
Antibacterial
Oral or intravenously delivered sub- stance that destroys or inhibits the growth of microorganisms.
Antibiotics
Type of antimicrobial that destroys yeasts and molds.
Antifungal
Substance that destroys or inhibits the growth of microorganisms.
Antimicrobial
Antimicrobial designed to reduce bacterial contamination on intact skin.
Antiseptic
Antimicrobial agent that is capable of killing bacteria.
Bactericidal
Antimicrobial agent that inhibits bacterial cell growth.
Bacteriostatic
Communities of microorganisms that are attached to a wound surface and encased with a glycocalyx.
Biofilms
Infection control procedure de- signed to reduce the number of microbes present and decrease the risk of infection.
Clean technique
Normal presence of a small number of microbes (i.e., ... less than or equal to 10e3 organisms/gram of tissue).
Colonization
A cascade of proteins produced by the body that enhance the body’s defense
against pathogens.
Complement system
Presence or anticipated presence of
blood, wound fluid, or other potentially infectious
waste.
Contamination
Point at which increasing wound bioburden begins to adversely affect wound healing.
Critical colonization
To clean a surface with an antimicrobial.
Disinfect
Method of identifying wound infection in which a physician uses a needle to remove 1.0 mL of fluid from the wound area for analysis.
Fluid aspiration
Organisms which are not stained by
crystal violet but are stained by safranin.
Gram-negative
Organisms which are stained by crystal
violet.
Gram-positive
Invasion and multiplication of microorganisms within body tissues;
wound culture reveals
greater than 10e5 microbes per gram of tissue.
Infection
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
MRSA
An infection that is acquired while hospitalized.
Nosocomial infection
(Property of) a bacteria that cannot be killed by a certain antimicrobial.??
Resistance