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Resident flora

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Collective vegetation in a given area

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Disease

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Detectable alteration in normal tissue function

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Virulence

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Microorganisms ability to produce disease

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Communicable disease

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Infectious agent can be transmitted to an individual by direct or indirect contact or as an airborne infection

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Pathogenicity

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Ability to produce disease

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Opportunistic pathogen

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Causes disease only in a susceptible individual

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Asepsis

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Freedom from disease causing microorganisms

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Medical asepsis

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Includes all practices intended to confine a specific microorganism to a specific area

CLEAN

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Surgical asepsis

Sterile technique

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Refers to those practices that keep an area or object free of all microorganisms

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Sepsis

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The condition in which acute organ dysfunction occurs secondary to infection

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Bacteria

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Most common infection causing microorganisms

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Viruses

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Consist primarily of nuclei acid and must enter living cells to reproduce

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Fungi

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Yeasts

Molds

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Parasites

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Live on other living organisms

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Colonization

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The process by which strains of microorganisms become resident flora

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Local infection

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Limited to specific part of the body where the microorganisms remain

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Systemic infection

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Microorganisms spread and damage different parts of the body

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Bacteremia

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When a culture of the persons blood reveals microorganisms

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Septicemia

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Bacteremia results in systemic infection

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Nosocomial infections

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Infections that originate in the hospital

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Endogenous

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Microorganisms that cause nosocomial infections that come from clients themselves

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Exogenous

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Microorganisms that cause nosocomial infections that come from the hospital

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Nosocomial urinary tract

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E. coli
Enterococcus
Pseudomonas

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Cause of E. coli

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Improper catheterization

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Enterococcus species

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Contamination of closed drainage system

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Pseudomonas aeruginosa

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Inadequate hand hygiene

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Nosocomial surgical sites

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Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)

Enterococcus species
(VRE

Pseudomonas aeruginosa

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MRSA cause

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Inadequate hand hygiene

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VRE cause

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Improper dressing change technique

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Latrogenic infections

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Nosocomial, direct result of diagnostic or therapeutic procedures

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Pathogenicity

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Ability of the microorganisms to enter the body, susceptibility of the host, ability of microorganisms to live in hosts body

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Reservoir

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Sources of microorganisms

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Carrier

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Reservoir of a specific infectious agent that usually does not manifest any clinical signs of disease

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Method of transmission

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Direct
Indirect
Airborne

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Direct transmission

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Involves immediate and direct transfer of microorganisms from person to person

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Indirect transmission

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Either vehicle or vector

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Vehicle borne

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Any substance

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Vector borne transmission

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Animal or flying insect

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Droplet nuclei

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The residue of evaporated droplets emitted by an infected host. Can remain in air

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Compromised host

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Person at increased risk

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Nonspecific defenses

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Protect the person against all microorganisms, regardless of prior exposure

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Specific (immune) defenses

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Directed against identifiable infection agents

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Nonspecific defenses include

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An atomic and physiological Barriers and the inflammatory response

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Inflammation

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PAIN
Swelling
Redness
Heat
Impaired function
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Physical agents

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Mechanical objects. Trauma, heat, cold, radiation

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Chemical agents

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External irritants and internal irritants

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First stage of inflammatory response

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Vascular and cellular responses

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Second stage of inflammatory response

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Exudate production

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Third stage of inflammatory response

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Reparative phase

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Vascular and cellular responses

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Inflammation- blood vessels at site will constrict . Histamine will dialate and cause redness and heat.

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Leukocytes

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WBCs leak into interstitial spaces (swelling and pain appear

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Pain in inflammation is caused by

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Pressure of accumulating fluid on nerve endings and irritating chemical mediators

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Leukocytosis

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In response to leukocytes leaving blood, marrow produces more WBCs

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Exudate

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Fluid that escaped from the blood vessels, dead phagocytosis cells and dead tissue cells

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Regeneration

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Repair of injured tissues by regeneration or replacement with fibrous tissue

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Granulation tissue

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Early stages of regeneration

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Antigen

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Substance that induces a state of sensitivity or immune responsiveness (immunity)

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Auto antigen

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Proteins originate in a person’s own body, the antigen is called auto antigen

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Humoral

Circulating immunity

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B lymphocytes

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Antibodies

Immunoglobulins

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Defend against extra cellular phases of bacterial and viral infections

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Active immunity

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Host produces antibodies in response to natural antigens or artificial antigens

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Passive immunity

Acquired

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Host receives natural or artificial antibodies produced by another source

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Cell-mediated defenses

Cellular immunity

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Occur through T-cell system

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Three main groups of Tcells

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Helper
Cytotoxic T cells
Suppressor

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Normal WBC count

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4500-11000/ ml3

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Cultures

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Laboratory cultivation a of microorganisms a special growth medium

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Nursing diagnosis risk of infection

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Fever
Imbalanced nutrition
Acute pain
Social isolation
Anxiety
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Major goals for clients susceptible to infection

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Maintain or restore defenses
Avoid spread
Reduce or alleviate problems with infection

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Supporting defenses of a susceptible host

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Hygiene 
Nutrition
Fluid 
Sleep
Stress
Immunizations
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Antiseptics

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Agents that inhibit the growth of some microorganisms

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Disinfectants

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Agents that destroy pathogens other than spores

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Sterilization

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Process that destroys all microorganisms, including spores and viruses

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Four common methods of sterilization

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Moist heat, has, boiling water, radiation

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Infection

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The growth of microorganisms in body tissue where they are not usually found

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