Infection Control Precautions
This type of precaution is used for patients with infections that spread through the air, such as tuberculosis
What are Airborne Precautions?
This type of wound healing occurs when the edges of a wound are brought together for healing.
What is Primary Intention Healing?
This suffix refers to the prolapse or downward displacement of an organ.
What is -ptosis
This term refers to the condition of small pouches or sacs in the wall of the intestines.
What is Diverticulosis?
This term refers to excessive urination
What is Polyuria?
These precautions are used for infections that are spread through direct contact, such as MRSA.
What are Contact Precautions?
This is the term for a serious pressure injury, involving full-thickness skin loss and exposure of underlying tissue
What is a Stage 4 Pressure Injury?
This suffix refers to the condition of vomiting
What is -emesis?
This is the medical term for inflammation of the liver.
What is Hepatitis?
This condition refers to the presence of pus in urine.
What is Pyuria?
These precautions are used to prevent the spread of germs that are transmitted by respiratory droplets.
What are Droplet Precautions?
This term refers to a condition where tissues under the skin are damaged but the skin remains intact.
What is a Deep Tissue Injury?
This suffix means an abnormal or pathological condition
What is -iasis?
This condition refers to the accumulation of serous fluid in the abdomen
What is Ascites?
This is a malignant tumor of the kidney, typically occurring in children under 5 years old.
What is Wilms tumor?
A general guideline for preventing the spread of infection, including hand hygiene and PPE use.
What are Standard Precautions?
This stage of pressure injury involves partial-thickness skin loss and may appear as a blister
What is a Stage 2 Pressure Injury?
This suffix refers to the process of fixation of an organ.
What is -pexy?
This term refers to the abnormal condition of gallstones.
What is Cholelithiasis?
This term refers to the abnormal presence of blood in the urine.
What is Hematuria?
This type of precaution is used for patients who are immunocompromised and at high risk for infections.
What are Protective Precautions?
A condition where the sacrum is exposed, showing a wound that could be documented as stage 3 or 4 depending on its depth.
What is a Sacral Pressure Injury?
This suffix refers to the flow or discharge of a substance.
What is -rrhea?
The medical term for painful urination.
What is Dysuria?
This condition refers to the inflammation of the bladder.
What is Cystitis?