III
These receptors detect microbial molecular patterns such as LPS...
Pattern Recognition Receptors (PRRs)
This level of prevention aims to stop disease before it occurs...
Primary Prevention
These organisms lack a defined nucleus and reproduce by binary fission...
Bacteria
These six essential checks must be verified before administering any medication...
Right PATIENT
Right MEDICATION/DRUG
Right DOSE
Right TIME/FREQUENCY
Right ROUTE
Right DOCUMENTATION
These are three major pro-inflammatory cytokines released during infection...
IL-1
IL-6
TNF-α
This secondary prevention activity identifies disease in individuals without symptoms...
Screening
These bacteria have mycolic acids in their cell wall and require Ziehl–Neelsen staining instead of Gram staining...
acid-fast bacteria (e.g., Mycobacterium)
This additional safety right recognises that patients can decline treatment even if it provides therapeutic benefit...
Right to refuse
These granulocytes are important in allergic reactions and contain histamine...
Basophils
Risk is described in the slides as the product of these two factors...
hazard + exposure
Gram-negative bacteria contain this molecule in their outer membrane that can trigger septic shock...
Lipopolysaccharide (LPS)
Older adults are more susceptible to adverse drug effects due to reduced function of this organ system...
Renal function
Name two functions of antibodies...
neutralising toxins, enhancing phagocytosis, activating complement, or preventing pathogen attachment
This prevention approach focuses on reducing disease risk across an entire population rather than targeting only high-risk individuals...
Population Prevention Strategy
This bacterial virulence factor helps microbes avoid phagocytosis by host immune cells...
What is an anti-phagocytic capsule
In the dosing formula provided, the calculation begins by multiplying the prescribed dose per kilogram by this patient variable...
The patient’s weight in kilograms
This feature of adaptive immunity allows stronger responses upon re-exposure to an antigen...
Immunological memory
This concept explains why interventions that benefit a population may provide little benefit to each individual participant...
Prevention Paradox
These five major routes describe how humans encounter microbes...
physical contact, airborne, waterborne, foodborne, and vector transmission.
If infusion pumps are unavailable, this manual method is used to control IV infusion delivery...
Gravity-regulated drip rate administration?