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| Used to clean living tissue |
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| Used to clean inanimant objects |
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| Absence of infectious organisms |
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| Asymptomatic person or animal |
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| Condition of being dirty or soiled |
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| Infection comes from our own micro-organisms |
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| Infections comes from outside micro-organisms |
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| An inanimate object that is capable of harboring a micro-organism |
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| What an organism lives off of |
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| Condition of being invaded by a pathogen |
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| Protect patients from medical staff and vice versa |
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| Strength of a micro-organism |
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| Clean techniques used to remove all grosss contamination (PO meds) |
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| Sterile technique for material that will go into the body (IV, dressing changes) |
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| absence of infectious organisms |
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| Only able to grow in the absence of oxygen |
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| Infected body secretions that are transferred to a medium where micro-organisms can grow |
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| Testing that determines which antibiotic are effective against the organism |
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| Caused by improper administration of abx, common resistant organisms; MRSA, VRE |
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| Form when conditions are not suitable for growth. Form hard protein shell, not active, waiting until conditions improve. They remain dormant. Resistant to heat and disinfectants. High heat, greater than 225 F kills them. |
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| Formed around the cell wall; form when the environment is unfavorable. Still active, can possibly make abx ineffective |
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| Common Bacterial Organisms |
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| Streptococcus aureus, B-hemolytic group A streptococci, B-hemolytic grou B streptococci, Escherichia coli |
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| Branch of science and medicine that deals with the study of viruses |
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| Smallest known agents that cause disease, not a complete cell, obligate intracellular parasites, consists of protein coat around a nucleic acid core |
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| Viruses are identified by |
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| Flourescent technique, electron microscope, tissue cultures |
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| Viruses can be controlled by |
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| Quarantine, good hygiene, changes in lifestyle, elimination of the vetor, or immunizations of the population |
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| Fungal infection; vaginal candidiasis, tinea pedis, dermatomycosis, candida albicans |
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| Pt's receiving abx therapy have increased risk of |
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| Fungal infection and yeast infection related to opportunist overgrowth of normal body flora |
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| Study of plants and animals that live as parasites; protozoa and helminthic acquisition. Parasites commonly aquired from outside sources, i.e pets |
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| Cause malaria, amebic dysentery, african sleeping sickness |
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| Parasitic worms or flukes. Most common in North America is pin worms |
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| Determined by amount of resistance to a pathogen, factors are age, point of entry, nutritional status, stress, fatigue, medical treatment, virulence, invasiveness |
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| First line defense mechanisms |
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| Mucous membranes, skin, cilia, normal flora |
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| Second line defense mechanisms |
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| Phagocytes, lysozymes, digestive systems |
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| Third line defense mechanisms |
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| Humoral immune response against pathogen, antibodies produced by lymphocytes to bind with, inactivate specific micro-organisms |
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| Healthcare Associated Infections |
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| Hospital or healthcare setting acquired, at least 72 hours after admission. Most common cause, neglect of aseptic techniques, also shortage of staff, types of health workers, treatments and medications, overcrowding of hospitals |
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| Types of pt's most vulnerable to HAI |
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| Deficient immune response, steroids, anti-cancer, anti-lymphocyte serum, radiation, diabetics, cancers, paralyzed |
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| Nursing Implications for Pt Susceptible to Infection |
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| Knowledge of pt's dx, application of scientific principles, avoid contributing to HAI, demonstrate proper precautions, pt teaching, follow hospital infection control policies, knowledge of abx treatment |
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