Infection Control
A set of methods used to prevent the spread of disease
What is infection prevention?
Washing hands with soap and water or using alcohol-based hand sanitizer
What is hand hygiene?
The amount of links that must be present for an infection to occur
What are six?
Name the three precautions
What is droplet, airborne, and contact?
the body’s ability to prevent infection and disease.
What is resistance?
What is 20 seconds?
What is one way that the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is spread?
Which chain link is occurring if an infected person has a cut on their skin
What is portal of exit?
Microorganisms that normally live in and on the body and do not cause harm in a healthy person, as long as the flora remain in or at that particular location.
What is normal flora?
practices such as handwashing that reduce, remove, and control the spread of microorganisms.
What is medical asepsis?
When bacteria enters the bloodstream, this kind of infection occurs.
This can be animals, people, medical equipment, food, water
What is gown, mask, goggles, and gloves?
resistance to infection by a specific pathogen.
What is immunity?
process that destroys most pathogens and other types of microorganisms, but not all pathogens.
What is disinfection?
The distance in feet droplets can travel
What is six feet?
What PPE is needed if someone is on contact precautions
What is gown and gloves?
soiled, unclean; having disease-causing organisms or infectious material on it.
What is contaminated?
Also called surgical asepsis.
What is sterile technique?
Surprise!
Steal 300 points from any team
Name all the links in the chain of infection
What is the pathogen, reservoir, portal of exit, mode of transportation (transmission), portal of entry, susceptible host?
The special mask that must be worn if someone is on airborne precautions or has a diagnosis of Covid-19
What is a respirator (N95)?
bacteria (Staphylococcus aureus) that have developed resistance to the antibiotic methicillin.
What is MRSA? (methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus)