Infections & Classifications
Chain of Infection
Stages of Infection
Clinical Judgement
Other Stuff
100
When a pathogen is acquired from the healthcare environment.
What is Nosocomial Infection OR Exogenous Infection
100
The infectious pathogen
What is Infectious Agent in the chain of infection
100
Is characterized by tissue repair and a return to health as the remaining number of microorganisms approaches zero.
What is the Convalescence stage of Infection?
100
Determine past medical history
Identify any risk factors the patient may have such as occupation, surgeries, travel out of the US, immunization history, lab results, age, health history.
Risk Assessment?
100
The term used to describe the removal of soil (organic and inorganic) from objects and surfaces.
What is Cleansing?
200
An infection that has a rapid onset and only lasts for a short period of time.
What is an acute Infection?
200
A sneeze or a cough is considered this in the chain of infection.
What is the portal of exit in the chain of infection
200
The stage marked by the appearance of the signs and symptoms that are characteristic of the disease.
What is the Illness in the stages of Infection?
200
Activities performed by the nurse in an attempt to promote and or establish a healthier outcome for the patient.
Examples can be:
Provide patient teaching, promote wellness with changes in nutrition, hygiene, rest and sleep, practicing aseptic technique.
What are Nursing Interventions?
200
The term used to describe a process that eliminates many microorganisms with the exception of bacterial spores from inanimate objects.
What is Disinfection/Disinfect?
300
A pathogen that arises from the patient's normal flora, when some sort of treatment (ie. chemo) causes the normally harmless microbe to multiply and cause infection.
What is endogenous healthcare related infection?
300
Direct or indirect contact
examples are:
touch, kiss, computer keyboards, stethoscopes, vectors
Droplet, Airborne, Vector
What is the mode of transmission in the chain of infection
300
is characterized by the first appearance of vague symptoms.
Example, a sore throat when you get a cold.
Not all infections have this stage
What is the Prodromal Stage of Infection?
300
Identifying a nursing diagnosis that is relevant to the patients situation. It is based off the response the patient is having to their medical diagnosis.
It is supported by the assessment data collected.
What is the Nursing Diagnosis?
300
The term used to describe a complete elimination or destruction of all microorganisms, including spores.
What is Sterilization?
400
a pathogen that lives on the skin and in the nose, usually without causing problems. It is spread by skin to skin contact and if resistant to medications, it can be fatal.
What is MRSA
Methicillin Resistant Syaphlococcus
400
Where you find pathogens. Where pathogens live.
What is the Reservoir in the chain of infection?
400
The stage during which the patient's immune defenses, along with any medical therapies successfully reduce the number of pathogenic microbes.
Here the s/ss begin to fade.
Here the s/ss begin to fade.
What is the Decline stage of infection?
400
Recommended by the CDC and US Occupational Safety and Health Administration for all healthcare workers to ear when coming in contact with patients.
What is Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
400
Mrs. Griffin and Mrs. Mansi
Who are my favorite nursing instructors? 
500
characterized by large amounts of diarrhea, is carried dormant in 3% of adults harmlessly, yet new strains are resistant to almost all antibiotics, and the spores are NOT killed on the skin by alcohol based hand scrubs...only soap and water.
What is Clostridium Difficile (C. diff)
500
Examples are:
Normal body openings
Vector created openings
wounds or cuts
What is the Portal of Entry in the chain of Infection?
500
The stage between successful invasion of the pathogen to the first appearance of symptoms.
This may last only a few days (flu) to weeks, months or years (TB)
What is the Incubation Stage of Infection
500
The number ONE way to prevent the spread of infection.
What is hand washing with soap and water?
500
Cohort 12
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