Terms
Freedom from infection
What is Asepsis?
Types of pathogens
Bacteria, Viruses, Fungi and Parasitic protozoa.
Name 2 microorganisms that can be transmitted from person to person
Virus & Bacteria
Considered one level above a legal action because individuals make a choice based on what is the "right thing to do" not what is required by law
What is ethical standards ?
Written legal documents stating the medical treatments a person wants.
What is a Living will ?
Chemicals used to free an environment from pathogenics
What is desinfectants?
True or False
Bacteria are prokaryotic rather than eukaryotic organisms.
True
Germs are spread in 2 ways
Direct & indirect transmission
Articulated statements of role morality as seen by the members of a profession.
What is codes of ethics ?
Becomes active any time a patient becomes unconscious or unable to make medical decisions.
Power of Attorney
An animal or plant that harbors or nourishes another organism
What is a Host?
2 common blood borne pathogens contracted from needle sticks within the hospital setting.
Hep B & HIV
Best way to stop transmission of infectious agent?
What is hand washing?
A situation that requires an individual, such as a healthcare provider, or an organization to choose an action that could be unethical.
What is a ethical dilemma ?
Informs your doctor of what kind of care you would like in case you become unable to make medical decisions.
Advance directives.
An inanimate object that has been in contact with an infectious organism
What is a Fomite?
A cold sore caused by herpes simplex virus is an example of ?
A Latent viral infection.
Coughing, sneezing, or talking could cause exposure to an infectious agent and is known as this mode of transmission.
Whats is droplet?
Actions are right or wrong according to the balance of their good and bad consequences.
What is consequentialism ?
Permission granted in the knowledge of the possible consequences, typically that which is given by a patient to a doctor for treatment with full knowledge of the possible risks and benefits.
What is an Informed consent ?
Site where an infectious organism can remain alive and from which transmission can occur.
What is a Reservoir?
Unicellular organisms that are neither plants nor animals
What are Protozoan parasites ?
A person who serves as a reservoir is called
What is a Carrier?
Maintenance of privacy
What is confidentiality ?
Request not have to Resuscitation if your heart stops.
What is DNR ?