Microorganisms & pathogens
This is the process of reducing exposure to pathogens to prevent the spread of disease.
What is Infection Control?
Microorganisms exist everywhere in nature. To grow, they require food, moisture, sunlight, and a suitable temperature.
What is False?
Require food, moisture, darkness & suitable temp.
This host begins the chain of infection.
What is reservoir host?
Stages of infection.
In 1986, the CDC established universal precautions to protect health care workers and patients form HIV, HBV and other blood borne pathogens.
What is false?
1985
These are disease producing organisms found everywhere, including inanimate objects and on human skin.
What is Pathogens?
Microorganisms grow best at this body temperature.
What is 98.6F?
This process involves the pathogen to spread to another animal or person through different body tracts.
What is Portal of Exit?
Many of the common illnesses that afflict the human body are considered this type of infection.
What is Acute Infections?
This is the standard incubation period for HIV/AIDS.
What is 6months to many years?
The states of being free from germs, infection, and any form of microbial life.
What is Asepsis?
This is organism is highly resistant to antibiotics.
What is MRSA?
In the means of transmission phase a person can be infected by these type of contact.
What is direct or indirect?
This infection occur when the immune system has already been impaired by another disease causing pathogen.
What is opportunistic infections?
These are the methods for preventing the spread of infectious pathogens in the medical facility.
What is sanitization, disinfection & sterilization?
List the types of pathogens.
What is bacteria, fungi, protozoa, viruses, rickettsiae, and parasites?
What is moisture, temperature, oxygen, darkness?
A susceptible host is someone who is able to fight off the infection.
What is false.
Unable
Cardinal signs of Inflammation.
What is redness. heat, swelling and pain?
List the types of disinfection methods.
What is alcohol, chlorine, formaldehyde, hydrogen peroxide and glutaraldehyde?
The four main types of microorganisms.
What is bacteria, fungi, protozoa, and viruses?
This organism is one of the most common agents responsible for infections acquired in the hospital setting.
What is nosocomial?
List the stages of the chain of infection.
What is RH, Portal of Exit, Means of Transmission, Portal of Entry, & Susceptible host?
This type of infection can be frustrating to patients because it is characterized by periods of remission and relapse.
What is latent infections?
Instruments are considered sterile for 25 to 35 days.
What is false?
21 to 30