Chapter Four

Question 1

Assistive device

Answer 1

Any item handrails grab bars canes realtors that is being used by or used in the care of a resident to promote their safety and function

Question 2

Body mechanics

Answer 2

Using muscles of the body to make the best use of strength to lift or move objects

Question 3

Body alignment

Answer 3

Position of the body so I can function properly

Question 4

Chain of infection

Answer 4

Process involved in the development of infectious disease and people

Question 5

Contaminated

Answer 5

I teams or areas considered to have disease causing organisms

Question 6

Disinfect

Answer 6

Prevent an infection by kill and most bacteria disinfectants are solutions usually containing chlorine

Question 7

Gait belt

Answer 7

Name given to a transfer belt when it is used to assist resident when walking

Question 8

Hand hygiene

Answer 8

A general term that applies to wash your hands with water and either plane soap or soap/detergent containing an antiseptic agent or thoroughly applying and alcohol-based hand rub

Question 9

HIV

Answer 9

Human immunodeficiency virus that causes AIDS

Question 10

Host

Answer 10

Land animal or human that harbors an organism

Question 11

Infection

Answer 11

Refers to the establishment of an infected agent in or on a suitable host producing clinical signs and symptoms like fever redness heat or exudate

Question 12

Infection control

Answer 12

Prentices which help to prevent the development and spread of disease

Question 13

Intact

Answer 13

Unbroken undamaged

Question 14

Isolation

Answer 14

Practice is used to reduce the spread of infectious agent and or minimize the transmission of infection

Question 15

Medical Asepsis

Answer 15

Visitors used to prevent pathogens from spreading

Question 16

Microorganisms

Answer 16

Tiny live them bodies that cannot be seen with the naked eye can only be seen with a microscope

Question 17

Pathogen

Answer 17

Disease causing microorganisms germs

Question 18

Physical restraint

Answer 18

Any manual method or physical or mechanical device material or equipment attached or adjacent to one’s body that the individual cannot remove Easley which restricts freedom of movement or normal acess to ones body

Question 19

PPE

Answer 19

Personal protective equipment such as down clubs or mask

Question 20

Safety

Answer 20

Purchases that prevent harm or injury

Question 21

Sputum

Answer 21

Mucus coughed up from the lungs

Question 22

Standard precautions

Answer 22

Formally called universal precautions refers to infection prevention practices that applied to all residents regardless of suspected or confirmed diagnosis or presumed infection status

Question 23

Sterilization

Answer 23

Removing or destroying all organisms on a service

Question 24

Transmission

Answer 24

Transfer from one person or place to another

Question 25

Transfer belt

Answer 25

Web belt used as a safety device when moving a resident

Question 26

Alcohol-based hand rub

Answer 26

Refers to a 60 to 95% ethanol or isopropyl real types of alcohol content in preparation designed for application to the hands to reduce micro organisms