Smorgasbord
Touching, kissing, shaking hands, or sexual intercourse.
What are examples of direct contact?
What is Asepsis?
Absence of pathogenic organisms
What is disinfection?
a process eliminates many microorganisms from inanimate objects.
Separation and restriction of movement of ill persons with contagious disease is?
What is isolation
Any place where a microorganism can survive before moving to a place where it can multiply.
What is a reservoir?
What is a protective reaction that delivers fluid, blood products and nutrients to the injured area?
What is inflammation.
What is the difference between medical and surgical asepsis?
Medical reduces; surgical eliminates.
What would be (3) examples of a droplet disease?
meningitis, common cold, flu
Name PPE for droplet precautions
gloves, gown, mask, face shield or goggles, hair & shoe covers (facility dependent)
What part of the chain describes how infectious agents are spread from person/place to another?
Means of transmission
Dust particles and spores in the air, droplets from sneezing
What are examples of airborne transmission?
What is considered a sterile field?
an area free of microorganisms and prepared to receive sterile items.
Covering your nose/mouth, placing a surgical mask on, and practicing proper hand hygiene are all examples of what?
Covid, ebola, tuberculosis and polio are all examples of which disease?
Body orifices where microorganisms leave the body
What is a portal of exit?
Open wounds, incisions, puncture sites or body orifices with catheters inserted.
What are examples of portals of entry?
What are risk factors related to infection?
Number of heath care employees with direct contact, therapy received, length of hospitalization
What is the proper way to perform hand washing?
Washing with soap and water for 20 seconds, followed by rinsing under water.
Transmission based precaution that is used for patients with known or suspected wound infection such as MRSA (methicillin reistant staphylococcus aureus).
What are contact precautions?
Patients who are immunocompromised, ill, fatigued or who have poor nutrition status.
What is a susceptible host?
What is the relation between local inflammation and infection?
Signs are identical
What are the major sites for HAI infection?
Surgical or traumatic wounds, urinary and respiratory tracts, and bloodstream
When are standard precautions used?
On every patient, regardless of their infection status. Any contact with blood, bodily fluid, non-intact skin, and mucous membranes.
What kind of mask must be worn when coming in contact with an airborne illness?
What is N-95 mask, PAPR
Name 3 body defenses that help fight infection
skin, mucous membranes, normal flora, inflammatory response, immune response.