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Asepsis and Infection Control Flashcards

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are directly involved in providing a biologically safe environment

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Nurses

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freedom from disease-causing microorganisms

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Asepsis

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Two Types of Asepsis:

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  • Medical Asepsis/clean technique
  • Surgical asepsis/aseptic technique
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all practices intended to confine a specific microorganism to an area.

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Medical Asepsis/clean technique

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practices that keep an area or object free from all microorganism

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Surgical asepsis/aseptic technique

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state of infection and can take many forms, including
septic shock.

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Sepsis

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Types of microorganisms that cause infections: FOUR CATEGORIES:

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  1. Bacteria
  2. Viruses
  3. Fungi
  4. Parasites
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The most-common infection-causing microorganism

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BACTERIA

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Can be transported through air, water, food, soil, body tissues and fluids, and inanimate objects.

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BACTERIA

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  • Consist primarily of nucleic acid
  • Must enter living cells in order to reproduce
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VIruses

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Common examples of Viruses:

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  • Rhinovirus (colds)
  • Hepatitis
  • Herpes
  • HIV
  • SARS-CoV-2
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virus that causes colds

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Rhinovirus

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Yeasts and molds

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FUNGI

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yeast considered to be normal flora in the human vagina

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Candida albicans

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  • Live on other living organisms.
  • Protozoas
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PARASITES

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Examples of Parasites:

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  • Malaria
  • Helminths (worms)
  • Anthropods (mites, fleas, ticks)
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microorganisms invades body part where the host’s defense
mechanisms are ineffective; pathogens causes tissue damage

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INFECTION

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Types of Infection

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  • Local
  • Systemic
  • Acute
  • Chronic
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Limited to a specific part of the body

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Local

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The microorganism spread and damage different body parts

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Systemic

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  • sudden
  • Last a short time
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Acute

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  • Slowly
  • May last months or years
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Chronic

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blood culture is (+) of microorganisms

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Bacteremia

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bacteremia resulting in systemic infection

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Septicemia

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Associated with the deliver of health care services in a health care facility

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NOSOCOMIAL INFECTIONS

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types of NOSOCOMIAL INFECTIONS

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Endogenous or exogenous

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Common microorganisms in NOSOCOMIAL INFECTIONS:

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  • Escherichia coli
  • Staphylococcus aureus
  • enterococci
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Direct result of diagnostic or therapeutic infections

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IATROGENIC INFECTION

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Common example of IATROGENIC INFECTION:

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IV infiltration or extravasation

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Methods of Transmission

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  1. Direct Transmission
  2. Indirect Transmission
  3. Airborne Transmission
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TYpes of Indirect Transmission

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a. Vehicle-born transmission
b. Vector-borne transmission

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Immediate and direct transfer; or if the source and host are 3 feet of each other

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Direct Transmission

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touching, biting, kissing, sexual intercourse

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Direct Transmission

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Sneezing, coughing, spitting, talking

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Direct Transmission

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Droplets or dustcontaining infectious agents that is transmitted in the air/remain in the air for long periods.

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Airborne Transmission

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substance that serves as an intermediate means to transport /introduce an infectious agent

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Vehicle

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inanimate objects/materials

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Fomite

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animal or insect that serves as an intermediate means to
transport an infectious agent

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Vector

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CATEGORIES of body defenses:

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  1. Nonspecific Defenses
  2. Specific Defenses
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Types of Nonspecific Defenses

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a. Anatomic and Physiologic Barriers
b. Inflammatory Response

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Types of Specific Defenses

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a. Antibody-mediated Defenses
b. Cell-mediated Defenses

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  • Intact skin and mucous membranes
  • Nasal passages: cilia
  • Body orifice: saliva
  • Eye: tears
  • Stomach: high acidity
  • Vagina: Lactobacilli
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Anatomic and Physiologic Barriers

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Nasal passages

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cilia

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Body orifice

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saliva

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Eye

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tears

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Stomach

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high acidity

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Vagina

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Lactobacilli

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defensive response of the tissues to an injurious or infectious agent

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Inflammation

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5 signs of Inflammation:

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  1. Pain
  2. Swelling
  3. Redness
  4. Heat
  5. Impaired function of the part, if severe.
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part of body’s plasma proteins

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Antibodies/Immunoglobulins

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major types of Antibodies/Immunoglobulins:

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active and passive

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Host produces antibodies in response to artificial antigens
(vaccines) or natural antigens (infectious microorganisms)

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Active Immunity

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  • Acquired
  • The host receives natural (e.g., from a nursing mother) or artificial (e.g., from an immune serum) antibodies produced by another source.
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Passive Immunity

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  • lymphoid tissues release large numbers ofactivated T cells into the lymph system.
  • these T cells pass into the general circulation.
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Cell-mediated defenses/cellular immunity

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FACTORS INCREASING SUSCEPTIBILITY TO INFECTION

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  1. Age
  2. Heredity
  3. Level of Stress
  4. Nutritional Status
  5. Current medical therapy
  6. Preexisting medical process
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newborns and older adults have reduced defenses against infection

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Age

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some people have genetic susceptibility to certain infections

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Heredity

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stress elevates blood cortisone decreases anti-inflammatory responses.

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Level of Stress

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antibodies are proteins; Therefore, the body needs enough
protein to boost immune system.

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Nutritional Status

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used on skin or tissue

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Antiseptic

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used on inanimate objects

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Disinfectant

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Antiseptic and Disinfectant both have ______________________________________

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bacteriostatic and bactericidal

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destroys all microorganisms

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Sterilization

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Methods of Sterilization

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  • Moist Heat
  • Gas
  • Boiling Water
  • Radiation
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PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT (PPE)

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  • Gloves
  • Gowns
  • Mask
  • Eyewear
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TRANSMISSION-BASED PRECAUTION

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  • Airborne Precaution
  • Droplet Precaution
  • Contact Precaution
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  • Private room that has a negative pressure; room with another client infected with the same microorganism
  • N95 respirator
  • surgical mask on the patient during transport
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Airborne Precaution

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  • Private room; room with another client infected with the same microorganism
  • mask if working within 3 feet
  • surgical mask on the patient during transport
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Droplet Precaution

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  • Private room; room with another client infected with the same microorganism
  • gloves; gown if with possibility of contact with infected surfaces
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Contact Precaution

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