Asepsis

Question 1

What are the two types of Asepsis?

Answer 1

Medical Asepsis and Surgical Asepsis

Question 2

Which type of Asepsis has a sterile technique?

Answer 2

Surgical Asepsis

Question 3

Which type of Asepsis has a clean technique?

Answer 3

Medical Asepsis

Question 4

What are the three organisms that cause infection?

Answer 4

Bacteria, Virus and Fungi

Question 5

The ability for an organism to cause infection depends on these five things

Answer 5

Number of organisms 
Virulence
Function of the immune system 
Duration of contact 
Type of contact

Question 6

What are the different ways a disease can be transmitted?

Answer 6

Direct
Indirect
Airborne
Droplet

Question 7

What is the difference between a vector and a vehicle?

Answer 7

the difference between a vehicle and a vector is that a vehicle an inanimate object and a vector is a non human living animal.

Question 8

What are the four stages of infection?

Answer 8

Incubation period
Prodromal Stage
Full stage of illness
Convalescent period

Question 9

The incubation period is when

Answer 9

organisms are growing, colonization occurs here

Question 10

What is colonization

Answer 10

where the organisms are building up in our body but we do not yet have the signs and symptoms

Question 11

The stage where the individual may not know they are infectious is known as the

Answer 11

Prodromal stage

Question 12

When you have signs and symptoms of the infection you are in what stage of illness?

Answer 12

The full stage of illness

Question 13

The convalescent period is when

Answer 13

The individual is in recovery time. The individual has gone through treatment and the signs and symptoms are fading and returning back to normal state.

Question 14

What are some of the factors affecting risk of infection?

Answer 14

Integrity of the skin/mucosal membranes 
pH level 
WBC count 
Immunizations 
Overall health 
Stress/anxiety 
Individual factors 
Invasive medical procedures- the more invasive the increased risk of infection

Question 15

Define Iatrogenic Infection

Answer 15

Iatrogenic infection results from not using proper technique with a diagnostic procedure/medical treatment

Question 16

Nosocomial Infection (HAI)

Answer 16

This is when a patient is admitted to the medical facility without an infection and develops one while under medical care.
Patient develops some sort of infection they did not have when they were admitted.

Question 17

What are the two types of HAI’s?

Answer 17

Exogenous and Endogenous

Question 18

Define an Exogenous Nosocomial Infection

Answer 18

When someone gets an infection from another person

Question 19

Define and Endogenous Nosocomial Infection

Answer 19

When someone develops some sort of infection from themselves.

Question 20

What does Medical Asepsis prevent?

Answer 20

Spread of microorganisms from person to person and prevents someone from becoming re-infected.

Question 21

What does Medical Asepsis reduce?

Answer 21

Medical Asepsis reduces the number, growth or spread of microorganisms

Question 22

What are the two precautions of Medical Asepsis? Why are they in place?

Answer 22

Standard precautions and Transmission based precautions. They are in place to help prevent/minimize the spread of pathogens.

Question 23

Define standard precautions

Answer 23

These are precautions that everyone follows and are used with all patient care interactions.

Question 24

Define Transmission based precaustions

Answer 24

These depend on the pathogenic agent and how it travels and is transmitted. i.e. contact, droplet, airborne