PCS Infection control ch 2

Question 1

The microorganism infection cycle

Answer 1

reservoir
exit
transmission
infection
susception
RETIS

Question 2

Microorganism

Answer 2

RETIS tiny living animal or plant that can cause disease

Question 3

Reservoir

Answer 3

RETIS host where the microorganism and reproduce and grow

Question 4

Exit

Answer 4

RETIS mark, a place where they can exit, some hole to leave through

Question 5

Transmission

Answer 5

RETIS way to pass from one hose to another to spread the infection
air, droplets, direct contact

Question 6

Infection

Answer 6

RETIS way to infect another person ( a way to enter )

Question 7

Susception

Answer 7

RETIS host must be a susceptable host

Question 8

Medical asepsis

Answer 8

ways to keep pathogens confined to a specific area, object or person

Question 9

Surgical asepsis

Answer 9

ways to exclude all microoganisms before they can enter a surgical wound or contaminate a sterile field before or during sugery

Question 10

the CDC’s “Standard precautions”

Answer 10

made to protect health care workers and patients in a hospital and other health care settings regardless of their diagnosis or infection status - these precautions apply to blood, all bodily fluids, secretions and excretions of any patient

Question 11

the CDC’s “transmission-based precautions”

Answer 11

made to protect the caregiver from specialized patients with highly transmissible pathogens who are known or suspected to be infected by shit that can be spread by direct contact with dry skin or contaminated surfaces, droplets of moisture, or airborned particles

Question 12

the CDC’s “standard precautions” examples

Answer 12

barriers, hand hygiene, sharps, soiled patient care equiptment, repiratory hygiene, miscellaneious

Question 13

the CDC’s “transmission-based precautions” examples

Answer 13

contact precautions, droplet precautions, airborne precautions

Question 14

the ways pathogens can be transmitted

Answer 14

direct contact, air currents, contaminated linen or clothing, poorly cleansed eating utensils, instruments, equipment, or moisture droplets

Question 15

Isolation

Answer 15

a person may be placed in a private room or in a room with another patient with the same disease.

Question 16

Contact

Answer 16

microorganisms are transferred directly from one infected person to another or indirectly when the transfer of an infectious agent is through an object, med equipment, furniture surface, or person. Some diseases that can be transmitted by contact are herpes simplex virus, s. aureus, vancomycin-resistant enterococcus, and C. diffule

Question 17

Droplet

Answer 17

respiratory droplets carrying infectious pathogens transmit infection when they travel a short distance directly from the respiratory tract of the infected individual to the mouth, conjunctivae, or nasal mucosa of the recipient. transmitted during a sneeze, cough, or talking. strep throat, meningitis, pneumonia, influenza, cold, pertussis, smallpox, mumps

Question 18

Airborne

Answer 18

microorganisms transferred by small infectious particles (infective or over time and distance) in the respirable size range. airborne transmission can occur with measles, varicella (chickenpox), and mycobacterium tuberculosis.