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Quats in a name?
Quat are you talking about?
Who are you
And all the rest
100
List the 6 causes of disease
Hereditary, Congenital, Cancers, Pathogens, Microorganisms, Parasites
100
Anionic, made from natural oils does not mix well with quats
Soaps
100
Chorines, iodines, flourine and bromines are all examples of this
Halogens
100
an agent of disease and/or a disease producer. The term pathogen most commonly is used to refer to infectious organisms
Pathogen
100
those that do become pathogenic under weakened host conditions
Opportunistic pathogens
200
List the 4 main pathogenic divisions of fungal infections
Cutaneous, Subcutaneous, Systemic, Superficial
200
Synthetic soaps comes as a nonionic, cationic, and nonionic
Detergents
200
Painful and cytotoxic to open wounds, ineffective after evaporation
Alcohols
200
those organisms that are microscopic and include bacteria, viruses, fungi, and protozoa
Microorganisms
200
is the invasion of an agent within a body & disturbance of normal function causing illness
Infection
300
List the 5 mechanisms that must be in place for a disease agent to occur
portal of entry, virulence, immune system, species, environmental conditions
300
Inactivated by organic material, soap, hard water and cellulose fibers
Quaternary Ammonium Compounds (Quats)
300
Kills anaerobes by oxygen release
Perioxygen compounds
300
plant or animal that lives upon or within another living organism at whose expense it obtains some advantage.
Parasites follow up: what does a parasite live off of. . . what does it gain from this thing?
300
those disease acquired while in a hospital or hospital-like environment. These microbials have become resistant to destruction
Nosocomial infections
400
List the portals of entry
oral, ocular, nasal, dermal, respiratory, genitalia, rectal
400
Toxic to cats, replaced by newer safer compounds
Phenols
400
Used as a gas sterilant
ethylene oxide
400
usually does not cause disease unless given the opportunity.
Normal flora
400
an inanimate object which transfers disease from an animal to an animal when a disease agent is capable of being transmitted from animal to animal
Fomite Contagious infection
500
List the 3 major methods of microbial damage (disinfection)
Microbial cell wall damage Interfere with cell enzyme activity or metabolism Destroy cell contents
500
Requires 12 hours of contact time, toxic and irritating to living tissues
Aldehydes
500
is used for those products and supplies that heat or pressure may have adverse affects on
Radiation
500
those that do become pathogenic under weakened host conditions
Opportunistic pathogens
500
are those carriers who are necessary for the development of the disease agent.
Biological vector