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Ignez Semmelweis
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(1818-1865) Father of Obstetrics. Practiced in Vienna. 1st to attempt handwashing before and between pt. care. Changed linen between cases. Decreased maternal/fetal mortality rates. Published extensive volumes of work & circulated them around the world. Died in an insane asylum.
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Hippocrates
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(460-377 B.C) Lived 2500 years ago. Father of Medicine. Believed handwashing was important. Used boiling water to clean supplies. Changed medicine from superstition to science/art. Published many works. Hippocratic Oath.
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Thomas Watson
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(1880-1900) Used gloves during surgery (cotton).
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Louis Pasteur
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(1822-1895) French. Father of Microbiology. Advanced the germ theory. Invented pasteurization. Developed vaccines (rabies - Joe Meister 1885). Pasteur institute in Paris was founded in 1888.
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Ambrose Pare
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(1510-1590) 1st person to publish scientific articles in a language other than Latin. Not formally trained. Did away with boiling oil as cautery. Invented ligatures to seal vessels (ties). Believed in keeping wounds clean. Developed techniques to treat fractures.
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Anton Von Leeuwenhock
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Credited with inventing the microscope. 1st to describe accurately sperm cells, RBCs, WBCs, protozoa, and differently shaped bacteria. Destroyed most of his works but sent numerous documents to London.
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Stewart Halstead
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(1900s) Used rubber gloves and caps in the OR
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Joseph Lister
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(1827-1912) Father of Aseptic surgery. Received Semmelweis' papers. Surgeon (50% mortality rate cut to 15%). Used carbolic acid to disinfect hands, linens, instruments, dressings, even air.
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Factorius
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(Early 1600s) Published work in France outlining modes of disease transmission. Wrote that disease is spread by direct contact (touching person who is will), indirect contact (touching/drinking after ill person), and airborne contact (breathing infected air).
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Egyptians
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1st embalmers. Burned herbs to disinfect the air.
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Parasite
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Anything that lives upon, within, or at the expense of an organism.
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Epidemiology
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Study of the frequency and geographic distribution of diseases and what leads to its spread.
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Fomite
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Inanimate object
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Septicemia
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Infected blood
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Cross-Contamination
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Contamination of an item or person by another item or person
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Attenuated
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Less virulent form of an infectious agent. Using live or weakened virus as an immunization.
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Infectious disease
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Disease where there is a growth of microbes
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Phagocytosis
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Process of cell eating. One way our body fights infection.
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Heterotrophs
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Microbes that feed on organic materials
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Nosocomial infection
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Hospital acquired infection
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Communicable disease
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Disease passed from person to person
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Spore/Endospore
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Dormant form of microbe with enhanced resistance to heat, staining, and disinfection. Difficult to kill.
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