These microorganisms that are part of the "normal flora" of the body are beneficial in maintaining certain body processes.
What are non-pathogens?
100
All patients' blood and body fluids are considered infectious or contaminated.
What is Standard Precautions?
100
These are practices used to prevent the spread of highly infectious diseases.
What are transmission based precautions?
100
This process is capable of ridding an instrument of all microorganisms, including spores.
What is sterilization?
100
Antibiotics are effective medications for which microorganisms?
What are bacteria?
200
These microorganisms cause infections and diseases.
What are pathogens?
200
Three examples of body fluids...
What are blood, urine, stool, emesis, mucus, sputum, saliva, and tears.
200
The number of transmission based precautions that we have studied.
What are three types? (airborne, droplet, and contact)
200
Steam under pressure and heat are used to sterilize medical instruments in this...
What is an autoclave?
200
The Chain of Infection is made up of how many links and name each.
What is six? Infectious Agent, Reservoir, Portal of Exit, Mode of Transmission, Portal of Entry, and Susceptible Host.
300
These microorganisms are the smallest of all the microbes and cannot survive unless they are inside another living cell. They cause the common cold, hepatitis, and measles.
What is a virus?
300
Standard precautions were developed by this organization that is concerned with the safety.
What is OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration).
300
The transmission based precautions used for patients infected with measles, chicken pox and tuberculosis.
What are airborne precautions?
300
This method to destroy microorganisms uses strong chemicals such as bleach on objects.
What is disinfection?
300
In the chain of infection, a nonliving thing that houses microorganisms (for example A DOORKNOB OR A BLOODY SURGICAL INSTRUMENT)
What is a fomite?
400
These are plantlike organisms that grow on dead matter and causes athlete's foot, ringworm, and thrush.
What is fungi?
400
The PPE that must be worn when coming in contact with blood.
What are gloves?
400
The transmission based precautions used for skin and wound infections, transmitted by direct or indirect contact.
What are contact precautions?
400
These practices are known as "clean technique" and include washing hands, wearing PPE, and routine cleaning of the environment.
What is medical asepsis?
400
This type of disease originates outside the body.
What is an exogenous disease?
500
These are tiny animals that are found in contaminated water and cause amebic dysentery, trichomoniasis, and malaria.
What are protozoa?
500
The PPE that must be worn by the healthcare professionals during the delivery of a baby?
What are gloves, gown, mask, and protective eyewear?
500
The transmission based precautions used for diseases such as whooping cough spread by a cough or sneeze.
What are droplet precautions?
500
All surfaces and people maintain sterile technique and use sterile instruments is referred to as ___________. This is practiced in the operating room.