Infection Control
Guildlines applying to the care of all patients, no matter what their known infection status is; every patient is treated as if he or she were potentially infectious.
What is Standard Precautions.
Cleaning and care of the mouth, teeth, gums and tongue.
What is oral hygiene?
Typically refers to physical characteristics shared by people with common ancestry.
What is Race?
What is Neglect?
Communicating without using words.
What is nonverbal communication?
In the chain of infection, the means by which the pathogen enters the host body.
What is portal of entry?
Excessive shedding of dead skin cells from the scalp.
What is dandruff?
Learned beliefs and behaviors practiced by a group of people.
What is culture?
People who are legally required to report suspected or observed abuse or neglect because they have regular contact with vulnerable populations, such as the elderly.
What is mandated reporters?
What a person sees, hears, touches, or smells.
What is objective information?
What is chain of infection?
Means having no teeth.
What is edentulous?
Means of, or relating to, the spirit or soul.
What is spiritual?
Intentional touching of a person without their consent, which may or may not cause harm.
What is battery?
Difficulty understanding spoken or written word.
What is receptive aphasia?
Isolation precautions used when caring for patients having a contagious disease caused by an identified pathogen.
What is transmission-based precautions?
Term used for bad breath?
What is halitosis?
The result of actions in past lives, and actions in this life can determine one's destiny in future lives.
What is Karma?
A threat to harm a person, resulting in the person feeling fearful that they will be harmed.
What is assault?
Trouble communicating thoughts through speech or writing.
What is expressive aphasia?
A form of tuberculosis that is caused by an organism that is resistant to medications that is used to treat TB.
Infestation of lice.
What is pediculosis?
Rules about what and when followers can eat and drink.
What are dietary restrictions?
Means actions, or the failure to act or provide the proper care for a resident, resulting in unintended injury.
What is negligence?
An unexpected occurrence that results in serious injury or death.
What is a sentinel event?