Microbes
Any disease causing microorganism
What is a pathogen?
A disease that orginates outside of you
What is exogenous?
Used anytime you might come in contact with blood or body fluids?
What are standard precautions?
A communicable disease that has spread over a large area
What is a pandemic?
Also known as hospital associated infection, an infection you get while hospitalized
What is a nosocomial infection?
Rapidly multiplying one celled organisms
What are bacteria?
A disease that originates within you
WHat is endogenous?
PPE worn anytime there is a risk of splashing
What is gown, goggles, and mask/face shield?
The level of transmission precautions needed for TB
What are airborne precautions?
Examples include non-intact skin, eyes, nose, or mouth
What is a portal of entry?
Non-living organisms, visible only with an electron microscope
What are viruses?
The last link in the chain of infection
What is a susceptible host?
The process used in ultrasonic cleaning
What is cavitation?
The level of transmission precautions needed for MRSA
What are contact precautions?
A hemorrhagic filovirus that can be used as bioterrorism
What is Ebola?
Organisms that contain a flagella and are found in contaminated water
What are protozoa?
A type of reservior that includes tables, phones, doorknobs
What is a fomite?
The area of a sterile field that is considered contaminated
What is the 2" border?
The PPE required for droplet precautions
What is a surgical mask?
organisms that require oxygen to live
What are aerobic organisms?
Causes the disease Rocky Mountain Spotted fever
What are rickettsiae?
An infection that attacks when the bodies defenses are weak?
What is an opportunistic infection?
Below the waist, turn your back, reach across
What are ways to contaminate a sterile field?
Protective isolation used mainly for immunocompromised patients
What is reverse isolation?
Cocci, Bacilli, and Spirilla
What are the 3 shapes of bacteria?