Acquired Infections
HAI
What is Hospital Acquired Infection?
Single-celled organism without a nucleus
What is bacteria?
Fever
Luekocytosis
Inflammation
Phagocytes
What is 2nd line of defense?
Destroy all microorganisms
What is surgical asepsis / sterile technique?
Can grow via:
unwashed hands
wound drainage
soiled linen
decaying teeth
What is pathogens?
CAMRSA
What is Community-acquired methicillin resistant Staph aureus?
Stages of Infection
What is Incubation, Prodromal, Acute illness, & convalescence?
Mode of transmission
What is Contact, droplet, and airborne?
More toxic and stronger antiseptics
used to destroy germs
What is disinfection?
Systemic signs/symptoms
fever, malaise, anorexia, nausea, lymph node enlargement, increase WBC
What is Body response to injury and infection?
Risk Factors: Current or recent hospitalization
Living in a long-term care facility
invasive
recent antibiotic use
What is HA-MRSA?
Smallest known agents but not complete cells
What is a virus?
Affects 1 area
Pain
swelling
heat at the site
pus
What is local infection?
To use on all patients
Applies to use of PPE
Applies to all bloody and bodily fluids, secretion, bed linen, non-intact skin, and mucous membranes
What is Standard Precaution?
4 major HAI
What is CLABSI, CAUTI, SSI, VAP?
Methods to identify Bacteria
What is Staining, shaping, & Ability to use O2?
What is Fungi?
Intact Skin
Secretions from mucous membranes in Resp., GI, and Reproductive GI
Inhibit growth and transmission of pathogenic organisms
What is medical asepsis/clean technique?
Chain of Infection
What is reservoir, portal of exit, portal of entry, host, Agent, mode of transmission?
Germ that can cause an Infection & resistant to most Antibiotics
What is MRSA?
Single celled organism with a nucleus
What is Protozoa?
Affects entire body
fever
aches
weakness
vomitting
What is systemic infection?
#1 way to prevent infection
What is hand-washing?
Absent of pathogenic bacteria, viruses, & harmful microorganisms
What is asepsis?