Infection Control
What is the best way to prevent the spread of infection?
Handwashing
A pt has been on abx for 8/10 days. The pt feels better. The pt should ___.
Continue taking for the 10 days
This virus causes inflammation of the liver
hepatitis
Shaving a resident with a disposable razor
Gloves
Objects that have been contaminated with infectious material
Fomites
What is the most important part of handwashing?
Friction
The name of the skin test to check for TB is
Mantoux test
Candida albicans is a type of ____
yeast/fungi
Bathing a pt with HIV and intact skin
Gloves
The location where a disease causing organism can survive?
Reservoir
This principle is applied to all patients no matter diagnosis; assists in selection of PPE.
Standard precautions
How will the correct tx for a suspected bacterial infection be determined?
Culture and sensitivity
Colonies of bacteria that secrete a sticky outer coating that is hard to penetrate
Biofilms
Pt with influenza
Mask
___ line the resp tract and propel germs/foreign substances out of the body
Cilia
These are enhanced precautions for specific highly contagious diseases.
Transmission based precautions
An infection acquired in the hospital
This type of bacteria lives on skin and can cause wound infections
Staphylococcal
Changing a pt's bed linens who has a heel infection with MRSA
Gloves & gown
This machine uses steam to sterilize equipment?
Autoclave
This word means being separated or set apart
Isolation
When 2 pts share the same disease and share a room
Cohorting
Bacteria are classified by their shape and___
Arrangement
Resident has TB with hemoptysis
N95, gown, gloves, goggles
The absence of the disease producing organisms?
Asepsis