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Unit 7 patient care
Infection control
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Health Care
Undergraduate 3
07/15/2014

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Term
Airborne precaustion
Definition
infection control practices designed to protect against diseases that can be transmitted by airborne pathogens 1 to 5 microns in diameter. Pg 211
Term
Asepsis
Definition
Pg 211
Asepsis - freedom from infection. Pg 208
Term
Bacteria
Definition
prokaryotic(do not have a nucleus) ubiquitous single cell organism, microscopic pg 2
Term
Bloodborne pathogen
Definition
diseases that may be transmitted through blood an certain other body fluids that cause infection and illness. Pg 206
Term
Body substance isolation (BSI)
Definition
infection control practices designed to protect against diseases that can be transmitted through feces, nasal secretions sputum,sweat,tears,urine and emesis.
Term
Carrier
Definition
pg 205 - person with know symptoms of disease but the have it in their body an may transmit to others.
Term
Chain of infection
Definition
an illustration use to describe the route a new pathogen
takes from a source to new host, causing infection an illness
Term
Chemotherapy
Definition
tx of disease by chemical agents
Term
Contact precautions
Definition
- infectious control practices designed to protect against
diseases that can be transmitted through touching infected persons or
contaminated environments
Term
Cyst
Definition
stage of life cycle of certain parasites during which they are
enclosed in. Protective wall
Term
Diomorphic
Definition
- occurring in two distinct forms
Term
Disease
Definition
any deviation form or interruptions of the normal of structure or
function of any part, organ or system of the body that is mannered by
characteristic set of symptoms and signs and whole etiology,pathology, and
prognosis may be known or unknown
Term
Disinfectant
Definition
chemicals used to free Environment from pathogenic organisms
or render them inert. Applied mostly to inanimate materials
Term
Droplet Precaustions
Definition
infectious control measure designed to protect
against diseases that can be transmitted through droplets ex: of origins -
talking,singing,coughing,sneezing,laughing,and certain medical practices.
Term
Eucaryotes
Definition
organisms whose cells have a true nucleus. Ex mammal
cells and fungi
Term
Excretions
Definition
waste eliminated from the body
Term
Flora
Definition
microbial community founds in a healthy person
Term
Fomite
Definition
an object like book that is not harmful itself but can harbor pathogenic
microorganism land may serve as an agent
Term
Fungi
Definition
denotes eukaryotic protist- includes mushroom, yeasts,
moles,rust,and smuts. They have an absences of chlorophyll and a rigid cell
wall.
Term
Host
Definition
animal or plant that harbors or nourish another organism
Term
HIV
Definition
- virus that causes AIDS
Term
Iatrogenic
Definition
- resulting from the activity of physicians
Term
Immunity
Definition
security from a particular disease, you produce antibodies
Term
Highly transmisable
Definition
- extremely infectious
Term
Infection
Definition
- invasion an multiplication of a microorganism in body tissue
that may be clinically unapparent or result in local cellular injur
Term
Medical asepsis
Definition
reduces the number of infectious agent but doesn't wipe the
out
Term
Methicillin Resistant Saph Aureus
Definition
MRSA
methicillin resistant staph
aureus - infectious disease caused by a antibiotic resistant pathogen. Can
develop when people don't take all the medication prescribed to them, strongest
bacteria survive an develop an immunity
Term
Microbe
Definition
microorganism that prone to cause diseases.
Term
Microorganism
Definition
- microscopic organism- small living thing that can't be seen
without the aid of microscope
Term
Negative air pressure
Definition
air circulation in a room that draws air upward into the
ventilation system. Air flows into the room when the door is closed
Term
Nosocomial
Definition
hospital acquired infection
Term
Pathogen
Definition
an agent that causes disease- virus, bacteria, fungi or Protozoa
Term
Portal of Entry
Definition
- body opening on uninflected person that allows pathogens to
enter.
Term
Portal of exit
Definition
any body opening or an infected area that allows pathogens to
leave.
Term
Procaryotes
Definition
cellular organisms that lack a true nucleus
Term
Protozoa
Definition
a unicellular organism that is neither plant or animals distinguished
from bacteria by greater size and they don't posses a cell wall.
Term
Reservoir
Definition
- alt or passive host or carrier that harbors pathogenic
organisms wo injury to itself and serves as a source from which other
individuals can be infected.
Term
Source
Definition
place where pathogen lives, reproduce an exits the body
Term
Standard Precaution
Definition
precautions to prevent the transmission of
disease by body fluid an substances
Term
Sterilization
Definition
- complete destruction or elimination. Of all living micro
organisms accomplished by physical methods (dry or moist heat), chemical
agents ( alcohol, ethylene oxide, formaldehyde) radiation,( ultra
violet,cathode) or mechanical methods (filtration)
Term
Susceptible Host
Definition
likely to contract a disease because of weakened a immune
system are susceptible to many disease
Term
Surgical Asepis
Definition
- procedure used to prevent contamination before, during an
after surgery
Term
Transmission Based Precautions
Definition
- infection control practices designed to
protect against diseases that can be transmitted through airborne,droplet, and
contact route
Term
Tuberculosis
Definition
- lung disease caused by microorganism which is easily
transmitted to others.
Term
Universal Precautions
Definition
- infection control practices designed to protect against
diseas that can be transmitted through blood, any body fluids and any
substances that contain bloods. Aka standard precaution
Term
Vaccine
Definition
suspension of attenuated or killed micro organisms administered for
prevention,improment or tx of infectious disease
Term
Vancomycin Resistant Enterococci
Definition
VRE
enterococci that are resistant to
Vancomycin, s powerful antibiotic designed to prevent or kill bacterial
infection.
1) Note bacteria that resembles stre
Term
Vector
Definition
carrier that transfer an infective agent from one host to another ( tick,
mosquito)
Term
Virion
Definition
- complete viral particle found
Term
Virus
Definition
infectious agent that do not have an indepent metabolism an
can only replicate within a living host cell
1) can not live outside a living cell.
neither prokaryotic or eukaryotic
Term
AFB
Definition
- acid fast bacilli
1) Acid fast
Term
PPD
Definition
- purified protein derivative (TB test)
Term
PPE
Definition
- personal protective equipment
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