Organisms that are always present, usually without altering the client’s health.
What is flora?
100
The elimination of pathogens, except spores, from inanimate objects.
What is disinfection?
100
This is a preventative practice to be used in the care of all clients in hospital regardless of diagnosis or presumed infection status.
What are standard precautions?
100
This is a bluish or dark purple coloration of the clients lips, skin or nail beds. Can also be an indicator of a decreased oxygen supply.
What is cyanosis?
100
This is the root plus the combining vowel.
What is combining form?
200
Organisms that are episodic or of limited duration.
What is transient flora?
200
An infection acquired in a hospital or other health care facility that was not present or incubating at the time of the client’s admission
What is hospital acquired infection/nosocomial?
200
These should be worn whenever touching body fluids, secretion, excretions and contaminated surfaces.
What are gloves?
200
This is important to maintain during a physical assessment.
What is privacy?
200
Laparotomy
What is a large incision in the abdominal wall?
300
This refers to the ability of a microorganism to produce disease.
What is pathogenicity?
300
This refers to the practice used to reduce the number, growth and spread of microorganism.
What is medical asepsis/clean technique?
300
This/These should be worn to protect mucous membranes of eyes, nose and mouth when providing client care activities that are likely to generate splash of body fluids.
What is eye protection/face shield?
300
If the patient’s pulse is irregular, the nurse would want to do this as part of the assessment.
What is listening to the apical pulse for 1 full minute?
300
A record of the electricity in the brain.
What is electroencephalogram (EEG)
400
This is the multiplication of microorganisms on or within a host that does not result in cellular injury.
What is colonization?
400
This practice is a sterile technique used to eliminate all microorganisms and spores from an object or area.
What is surgical asepsis?
400
This type of isolation is used for client know to have or suspected of having serious illness the are spread by airborne droplet nuclei, including: measles, varicella or tuberculosis.
What are airborne precautions?
400
A patient with dyspnea should be maintained in this position.
What is semi Fowler’s or Fowler’s?
400
The combining form (word) that means cell.
What is cyt/o?
500
This is the first line of defense against infection and is the single most important practice in preventing the spread of infection.
What is hand hygiene?
500
This is a chemical that can be applied to both animate and inanimate objects to eliminate pathogens.
What is germicide?
500
This type of isolation is designed to prevent infection in clients who are severely compromised and highly susceptible to infection.
What is reverse isolation/protective isolation?
500
Pain assessment should include this.
What are intensity, quality, character, frequency, location and duration?