Infection Control/BBP Flashcards

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hai can be blank

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deadly

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infections that patients acquire during the course of receiving healthcare treatment for other conditions

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healthcare associated infections

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1 out of blank hospitalized patients will get a hai

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20

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3
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direct contact transmission

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body/body

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4
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indirect contact transmission example

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reusing gloves on another patient

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droplet form of transmission is caused by

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cough, sneeze, talking

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microscopic droplet or dust particle form of transmission

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airborne

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transfer via contaminated items

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common vehicle

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transmission via mosquito, flies, rats

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vectorborne

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9
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protects workers against the health hazards related to BBP

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osha

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osha stands for

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occupational safety and health administration

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11
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treat everyone as if they are infected

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universal precautions

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12
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most important precaution for preventing spread of infection

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handwashing

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13
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most common type of protection

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gloves

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14
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infectious microorganisms present in blood

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blood borne pathology

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virus that infects liver and can cause cirrhosis or cancer

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hepatitis b

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16
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hep b can survive in dried blood for blank days

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7

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17
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three exposure methods to bbp

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needles, contact w/ mucous membranes, non intact skin

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18
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assume that everyone is infected

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universal precautions

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19
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anti infectious agents

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antibacterials, antivirals, antifungals

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20
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common goal of anti infectious agents

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selective toxicity

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bacteria are different from human cells because of a blank cell membrane, different blank and blank

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rigid, ribosomes, nucleic acid metabolism

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22
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antibacterial drugs inhibit blank synthesis and function, blank synthesis, or blank synthesis

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cell wall, protein, DNA/rna

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23
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bacterial membranes have blank

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peptidoglycans

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24
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certain agents inhibit cell wall synthesis or create a hole in the blank

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lipid bilayer

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25
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example of cell wall synthesis inhibitor

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penicillin, cephalosporins, polymixin b

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26
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examples of protein synthesis inhibitors

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tetracyclines, erythromycin, aminoglycosides

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drugs decreasing dna synthesis do so by inhibiting blank production or do so directly

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folic acid

28
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dna rna inhibitors examples

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sulfonamides, fluroquinolones, trimethoprim, metronidazole, rifampin

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strains developing natural defense against drugs

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resistance

30
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common resistant bacteria strains

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vrsa, mrsa, vre, prsp

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preventing bacterial resistance should be done by avoiding blank and using blank whenever possible

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overuse, narrow spectrum

32
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a second drug can be used to overcome blank

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resistance

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fluoroquinolones have a rehab concern because they can cause blank damage

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tendon

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antiviral drugs are very blank and we only have a few of them that work

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specific

35
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antiviral drugs inhibit viral blank

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enzymes

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antiviral drugs are blank rather than virucidal

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virustatic

37
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small proteins produced endogenously

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interferons

38
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interferons control cell blank and control blank responses

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division, immune

39
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interferons often encourage cells to create blank enzymes

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antiviral

40
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interferon 2b treats

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hep c hep b and condylomata

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interferon n3 treats

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condylomata

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interferon 1 treats

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hep c

43
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antiviral blank stimulate immune system to make virus specfic antibodies

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vaccines

44
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retrovirus that attaks t4 lymphocytes

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hiv

45
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loss of lymphocytes causes blank immune function

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impaired

46
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two anti hiv drugs

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protease inhibitors, reverse transcriptase inhibitors

47
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prevent conversion of viral rna to viral dna

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reverse transcriptase inhibitors

48
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nucleoside rti’s act as blank

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false substrate

49
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non nucleoside rti’s block active site on blank

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reverse transcriptase

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problems with some rti’s

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neuropathy, myalgia, joint pain, fever, anemia, pancreatitis

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protease inhibitors mimic blank components to block protease function

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viral

52
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blank agents are currently on the market or in development

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-avir

53
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protease inhibitor problems

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lipodystrophy, diarrhea, headache,fatigue

54
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atrophy of fat in libs and increased fat in abdomen

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lipodystrophy

55
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current strategy for HIV combat

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HAART

56
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HIV treatment uses two blank and 1 blank

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rti’s, protease inhibitor

57
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fungal infections vocab

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mycosis

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fungal infections are usually blank or blank

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superficial, local

59
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fungal infections that are systemic can be serious in blank host

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immunocompromised

60
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common antifungal drug

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imadazole

61
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imadazoles inhibit enzymes that synthesize blank

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membrane components

62
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local imadazoles examples

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bcm

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systemic imadazoles examples

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fik

64
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antifungals generally impair blank integrity or blank of fungal cells

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membrane integrity, biochemistry

65
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gi problems are common and headaches from blank

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systemic antifungals

66
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topical/local antifungals are generally blank

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safe