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What is Pathogen?
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infectious agent
(infection doesn't have to occur) |
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What is Colonization?
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microbe invades host
(grows but doesn't cause infection) |
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What is an Infection?
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an entry & of organism
(may not pose risk of infection) |
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What is a communicable disease?
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an infectious disease
transmitted directly from one another |
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What is symptomatic?
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when pathogens multiply
cause clinical signs & symtoms |
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What is asymtomatic?
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when clinical signs
& symptoms are not present |
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Name Chain of Infection?
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infectious agent
reservoir portal of exit mode of transmission portal of entry host |
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Name some infectious Agents?
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bacteria
viruses fungi protozoa |
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What is Reservoir?
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where pathogen survives
but not multiply |
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Name types of Reservoir?
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food, oxygen,
water, temps, pH, light |
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Name some Portal of Exits?
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blood, skin,
mucous membranes, respiratory tract genitourinary tract gastrointestinal tract transplacental |
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What is a vector?
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insect who transmits
virus by biting host |
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What is Modes of
Transmission? |
passing of disease
from infected host to uninfected host |
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Ch. 34
Infection & Control Terms/Definitions pg. 641 |
terms & definitions
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What is bactericidal?
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temperature or chemical
that destroys bacteria |
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Who is a susceptible Host?
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when person acquires infection
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What is Susceptibility?
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individual degree of
resistance to pathogen |
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What is inflammatory response?
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protective reaction
neutralizes pathogens & repairs body cells |
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What is Normal flora?
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micro's rside in body
does not cause disease but maintains health |
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What is Inflammation?
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cellular response
to injury, infection, irritation |
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Types of Inflammatory
Response |
vascular & cellular
formation of exudates tissue repair |
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What are Exudates?
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fluid & cells discharged
from cells or blood vessels |
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What is Phagocyctosis?
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destruction & absorption
of bacteria |
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What are leukocytosis?
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circulating WBCs
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What is Serous?
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excudate, clear
like plasma |
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What is sanguineous?
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containing red blood
cells |
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What is purulent?
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containing WBCs
& bacteria |
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What is Granulation Tissue?
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form of scare tissue
(not strong tissue collagen) |
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What is HAIs?
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Health care-associated
infections nosocomial or health acquired infection |
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What is Iatrogenic
infections? |
HAI infections from
diagnostic or therapeutic procedures |
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What is Asepsis?
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absence of pathogenic micro
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What is Pathogenic?
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disease producing micro
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What is Medical Asepsis?
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clean technique, procedures
used to reduce # organisms present & prevent transfer of organisms |
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What is Standard Precautions?
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prevention & control
of infection |
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What is Disinfection?
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process elimates most
micro's with exception of bacterial spores from inanimate objects |
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What is Sterilization?
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complete elimination or
destruction of microbes including spores |
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Name some Personal
Protective Equipment? |
Gowns
Respiratory Protection Eye Protection Gloves |
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What is Epidemiology?
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study of disease
humans & animals Cause & Effect of disease |
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What is Surgical Asepsis?
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Sterile technique prevents
contamination of open wound serves to isolate peratve area from unsterile environment & maintaining a sterile field of surgery |
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What is a sterile Field?
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area free of microbes &
prepared to receive sterile items |