Who am I
Is ancient Egyptian
Thought to have written ancient text on surgery and medicine. Unique in that it presents a rational and scientific approach vs magical approach
Who is Imhotep
Theory states that life arises from nonliving things
What is The theory of Abiogenesis
EMPLOYED TO ISOLATE DISEASES
TRANSMITTED BY DUST PARTICLES AND
/OR AEROSOLS (<5 MICROMETERS IN
DIAMETER)
• MYCOBACTERIUM
TUBERCULOSIS
• RUBEOLA
• VARICELLA
What is Airborne Precautions
THE SINGLE MOST IMPORTANT PRACTICE IN
PREVENTING THE SPREAD OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES
What is Handwashing
surrounded by a nuclear membrane or envelope
Contains genetic material
What is the Nucleus
Observed that mothers whose babies were delivered by medical students had higher rate of puerperal sepsis than those whose babies were delivered by midwives.
Who is Ignaz Phillip Semmelweis
States that a given germ causes a specific chemical change
what is Germ theory of fermentation
EMPLOYED TO ISOLATE DISEASES
TRANSMITTED BY DROPLETS (>5
MICROMETERS) PRODUCED BY COUGHING,
SNEEZING, AND TALKING
• PNEUMONIA
• MENINGITIS
• PERTUSSIS
• STREP THROAT
• INFLUENZA
what is droplet precautions
These are CONTRIBUTING FACTORS for HAI
What are increasing number of drug-resistant pathogens, failure to follow infection control guidelines, increase number of immunosuppressed patients, indiscriminate use of antibiotics, false sense of security, surgery, overcrowding/understaffing, staff, indwelling devices
Folded membranous organelle responsible for transport within the cell
What is Endoplasmic reticulum
Published De Medicina
Roman encyclopedis
Who is Aulus Cornelius Celsus
States that a given germ causes a specific diseas
what is Germ theory of disease
EMPLOYED TO ISOLATE DRUG-
RESISTANT PATHOGENS
• EMPLOYED TO ISOLATE DISEASES
TRANSMITTED BY CONTACT
E. COLI
RESPIRATORY SYNCITIAL VIRUS (RSV)
VARICELLA
C DIFFICILE
What is contact precaution
Patients most likely to develop HAI
what are ELDERLY PATIENTS, WOMEN IN LABOR AND DELIVERY, PREMATURE INFANTS, SURGICAL AND BURN, PATIENTS, DIABETIC AND CANCER, PATIENTS, CHEMOTHERAPY/ RADIATION PATIENTS, IMMUNOSUPPRESSED PATIENTS, PARALYZED PATIENTS, DIALYSIS PATIENTS, CATHETERIZED PATIENTS
Packages cell products for export from cell
What is Golgi complex
Physician to the gladiators
First great anatomist
Who is Galen
THE STUDY OF THE OCCURRENCE, DETERMINANTS, AND
DISTRIBUTION OF HEALTH AND DISEASE WITHIN HEALTHCARE
SETTING
HEALTHCARE EPIDEMIOLOGY
EMPLOYED TO PROTECT PATIENTS ESPECIALLY
SUSCEPTIBLE TO INFECTION FROM MICROORGANISMS
what is protective (reverse) isolations
Most common types of HAI
What are: lower RESPIRATORY Infection, Surgical wound infection, Gastrointestinal, UTI, Bloodstream
Everything between cell membrane and nucleus
Includes specialized structures called organelles
What is cytoplasm
Known as ‘Father of Modern Anatomy
1543-Published De Humani Corporis Fabrica
Who is Andreas Vesalius
selective destruction of microorganisms
what is pasteurization
APPLY TO ALL PATIENTS REGARDLESS OF DIAGNOSIS
What is Standard Precautions
HAI that occurs most frequently
What is UTI
Contains digestive enzymes to breakdown damaged cell parts
What is Lysosomes