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Quiz 2 Terminology
HVCC Nursing 1 Quiz 2
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Nursing
Undergraduate 2
11/07/2009

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Antiseptics
Definition
An agent or substance capable of effecting antisepsis
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Iatrogenic Infection
Definition
infectious agents due to medical interference
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Disinfectants
Definition
Capable of destroying pathogens or inhibiting thier growth
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Communicable disease
Definition
Disorder transmissible by infection or contagion directly or indirectly or through an agent or vector
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Infectious disease
Definition
A disease resulting from the presence and activity of a microbial agent.
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Standard Precautions
Definition
Combination of universal precautions and body-substance precautions for all patients regardless of diagnosis
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Universal precautions
Definition
precautions to prevent parenteral, mucous membrane, and nonintact skin exposures of health care workers to bloodborne pathogens.
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Transmission based precautions
Definition
in addition to standard precautions, precautions based on the potential means of disease transmission: airborne, droplet, or contact.
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Airborne Precautions
Definition
Measures taken to prevent transmission of infectious agents by airborne droplet spray. Airborne precautions include use of masks and air filtration systems.
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Contact Precautions
Definition
Masks, gowns, and gloves as well as standard precautions (q.v.) must be used by health care providers when in the infected patient's room.
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Neutropenic precautions
Definition
Precautions to prevent transmission of agents TO the patient due to patient's inability to fight off infection from decreased WBC
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MRSA
Definition
Abbreviation for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
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VRE
Definition
Abbreviation for vancomycin-resistant enterococcus.
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C.Diff
Definition
Clostridium difficile, often called C. difficile or "C. diff," is a bacterium that can cause symptoms ranging from diarrhea to life-threatening inflammation of the colon
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Hemorrhoids
Definition
A varicose condition of the external or internal rectal veins causing painful swellings at the anus
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Flatus
Definition
Farts: Gas or air in the gastrointestinal tract that may be expelled through the anus.
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Valsalva Maneuver
Definition
Any forced expiratory effort (“strain”) against a closed airway, whether at the nose and mouth or at the glottis; because high intrathoracic pressure impedes venous return to the right atrium
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Leukocytosis
Definition
An actual increase in the total number of leukocytes in the blood
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Gangrenous
Definition
Extensive necrosis from any cause, e.g., gas gangrene.
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Ecchymosis
Definition
A purplish patch caused by extravasation of blood into the skin, differing from petechiae only in size (larger than 3 mm diameter)
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Purulent
Definition
Containing, consisting of, or forming pus.
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Granulation Tissue
Definition
Vascular connective tissue forming granular projections on the surface of a healing wound, ulcer, or inflamed surface.
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Exudate
Definition
Any fluid that has exuded out of a tissue or its capillaries because of injury or inflammation.
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Dehiscence
Definition
A bursting open, splitting, or gaping along natural or sutured lines.
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Serous
Definition
serum or a substance having a watery consistency.
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Suffix "osis"
Definition
affected with, condition, abnormal process
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Eviseration
Definition
disembowelment, also the removal of the contents of the eyeball, leaving the sclera and sometimes the cornea
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mongomery straps
Definition
Adhesive straps arranged so that a bandage can be changed without removing the straps
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Debridement
Definition
Removal of foreign materials, necrotic matter, and devitalized tissue from a wound or burn.
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Fistula
Definition
An abnormal passage from one epithelialized surface to another, either congenital, caused by disease or injury, or created surgically
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Contusion
Definition
Any mechanical injury (usually caused by a blow) resulting in hemorrhage beneath unbroken skin
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Avulsion
Definition
A tearing away or forcible separation
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