CHAPTER 28: Infection Prevention & Control

Question 1

Aerobic

Answer 1

Bacteria that require oxygen to survive and for multiplication significant enough to cause disease. EX: Staphylococcus aureus.

Question 2

Anaerobic

Answer 2

Bacteria that thrives without O2, such as bacteria that cause infectiosn in the pleural cavity, or a joint, or the deep sinus tract. EX: Bacteroides fragilis (causes infection if displaced from colon into the bloodstream)

Question 3

Asepsis

Question 4

Bactericidal

Question 5

Bacteriostasis

Answer 5

Cold temperatures preventing growth and reproduction of bacteria.

Question 6

Broad Spectrum Antibiotics

Question 7

Colonization

Answer 7

The presence and growth of microorganisms within a host but without tissue invasion or damage.

Question 8

Communicable Disease

Answer 8

When an infectious disease can be transmitted directly from one person to another. These can be either symptomatic or asymptomatic.

Question 9

Cough Etiquette

Question 10

Disinfection

Question 11

Endogenous Infection

Question 12

Exogenous Infection

Question 13

Hand Hygiene

Question 14

Handwashing

Question 15

Health Care-Associated Infections (HAIs)

Question 16

Iatrogenic Infections

Question 17

Immunocompromised

Answer 17

Has an impaired immune system.

Question 18

Infection

Answer 18

An infection is when a pathogen invades tissues and begins growing in a host. This only occurs when the pathogens multiply enough to alter normal tissue function.

Question 19

Infectious

Question 20

Invasive

Question 21

Localized

Question 22

Medical Asepsis

Question 23

Multidrug Resistant Organism

Question 24

Pathogens

Answer 24

Foreign microscopic organisms that can cause either infections or illnesses in the body. These include bacteria, viruses, fungi, and protozoa.

Question 25

Reservoir

Answer 25

A place where microorganisms survive, multiply, and await transfer to a susceptible host. Common reservoirs for HAIs are health care workers’ hands, other patients, equipment, and the environment.

Question 26

Standard Precautions

Question 27

Sterile Field

Question 28

Sterilization

Question 29

Suprainfection

Question 30

Surgical Asepsis

Question 31

Susceptibility

Question 32

Systemic

Question 33

Vector

Question 34

Virulence

Answer 34

The ABILITY of a microorganism to produce disease.