Infection, Infection
Four Types of Microorganisms.
What are bacteria, fungi, parasites, and viruses?
Among the most common bacteria that affect humans.
What is staphylococci?
Bacteria, virus, fungi, parasite.
What are an Infectious agents?
enter the body and multiply disrupting normal body functions causing an infection.
What is PATHOGENS (microorganisms)?
focuses on safe effective infection control practices.
What is QSEN?
This exist almost anywhere, including on skin, in water, in the air, in decayed matter, in body secretion, on clothing, and under the free edge of the nail.
What is Bacteria?
Infections contracted in any healthcare setting.
What is HAI (Healthcare Acquired Infections)?
Sputum, Emesis, stool, blood.
What are Portals of exit?
Pathogenic organisms located in the blood.
What is Septicemia or Bacteremia?
to make environment free from disease producing organisms.
What is an Asepsis goal?
Occurs when body tissues are invaded by disease-causing or pathogenic bacteria.
What is infection?
Single-celled organisms that includes molds and yeasts
What is Fungi?
Human beings, animals, soil, food, water, inanimate objects.
What are Sources or Reservoirs?
test positive for organism but have no symptoms.
What is a Carrier?
State Board of health, CDC, Joint Commission.
What are Health Agencies that help control infections?
The ability of the body to destroy bacteria that have gained entrance, and thus resist infection.
What is immunity?
C-diff, VRE, VRSA, and MRSA.
What are types of MDR (Multi-drug resistant) organisms?
Immunosuppressed elderly, chronically ill, trauma, surgery.
What is a Susceptible host?
A disease that is transmittable by contact.
What is a contagious or communicable disease?
Used to help prevent some infections.
What are vaccines?
By direct or indirect contact with pathogens.
What is Contact transmission?
Something the body develops after it has overcome a disease, or through
inoculation.
What is acquired immunity?
Contact, vehicle, droplet, airborne, vector borne
What are Modes of transmissions?
Fever, rash, malaise, vomiting, diarrhea, discharge, hot, red pain.
What are symptoms of an Infection?
Critical in breaking the infection cycle.
What is the Nursing process?