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Exam 1 - Chapter 24 Flashcards

1
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What is an infection?

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A disease state that results from the presence of pathogens

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Six components of a infection cycle?

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Infectious Agent
Reservoir
Portal Of Exit
Means of Transmission
Portals of Entry
susceptible Host
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Examples of infections caused by viruses?

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Common cold, hep B and C, and AIDS

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What is the REservoir?

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The growth and multiplication of microorganisms is the natural habitat of the organism

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What is the Portal of Exit?

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The point of escape for the organism from the reservoir.

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Means of Transmission: Direct Contact

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REquires close proximity between the susceptible host and an infected person or a carrier

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Means of Transmission: Indirect Contact

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Contact with either a Vector or Fomite

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What is a vector?

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A living creatre that transmits an infectious agent ot a human

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what is a fomite?

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Inanimate objects that spread diseases, such as equipment or countertops

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What type of droplets are there to spread disease?

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Droplet Transmission and Airborne Transmission

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Difference between Droplet TRansmission and Airborne Transmission?

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Airborne particles are less than 5 mcm, while droplet particles are greater than 5 mcm

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Borrelia Burgdorferi - Reservoir

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Ticks (Sheep, Cattle, Deer, Mice)

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Borrelia Burgdorferi - Meanss of Transmission

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Contact (Indirect-Vectors)

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Borrelia Burgdorferi - Disease Transmitted

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Lyme Disease

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What are the four stages of infection?

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Incubation Period
Prodromal Stage
Full (Acute) Stage of Illness
Convalescent Period

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What is the Incubation Period?

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Interval between the pathogens invasion of the body adn the appearance of symptoms of infection

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What is the Prodromal Stage?

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A person is most infectious during the prodromal stage. EArly signs and symptoms are present

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What is Full Stage of Illness

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Presence of specific signs and symptoms of disease

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What is the Convalescent period

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recovery from the infection

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What two phases do the bodys response occur in?

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Vascular and cellular phases

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What happens in the Vascular phase?

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Small blood vessels constrict in the area, followed by vasodilation of arterioles and venules that supply the area

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What happens in the cellular phase?

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WBCs move quickly into the area. Neutrophils engulf the organism and consume cell debris and forein material.

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What is released from a wound?

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Exudate, which is composed of fluid, cells, adn inflammatory byproducts.

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The exudate may appear to be..

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Clear (Serous), contain red blood cells (sanguineous) or contain pus (purlent)

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What is an antigen?

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The foreign material

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What is an antibody ?

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The body commonly responds to the anitgen by producing this

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The Antigen-Antibody response is also known as?

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Humoral Immunity

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What occurs in cell-mediated immunity?

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This involves an increase in the number of lymphocytes (WBCs) that deestroy or react with cells the body recognizes as harmful

29
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Normal value WBC (leukocyte) count?

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5.000 to 10,000

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Neutrophil normal percentage?

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Lymphocytes normal percentage?

32
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First step you take in nursing process for infection prevention and control?

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Second step you take in nursing process for infection prevention and control?

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Diagnosing

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What is asepsis?

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The practice of all activites to prevent infection or break the chain of infection

35
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What are the two aspesis categories?

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Medical asepsis and surgical aspesis

36
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What is medical aspesis?

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clean technique that involves procedures and practices that reduce the number and trasnfer of pathogens. This includes hand hygiene and wearing gloves

37
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What is surgical asepsis?

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sterile technique , the practice used to render and keep objects and areas free from microorganisms

38
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Five Moments for Hand Hygiene (1)

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Before touching a patient

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Five Moments for Hand Hygiene (2)

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BEfore a clean or aseptic procedure

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Five Moments for Hand Hygiene (3)

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After a body fluid exposure risk

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Five Moments for Hand Hygiene (4)

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After touching a patient

42
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Five Moments for Hand Hygiene (5)

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After touching patient surrounds

43
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What are the two types of bacterial flora that are normally found?

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Transient bacteria and resident bacteria

44
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How is transient bacteria removed?

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By handwashing, and has the potential to adjust to the ski.

45
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What happens if you have resident bacteria on the skin?

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The hands then become carriers of that particular organism.

46
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What is a Health Care-Associated Infection (HAIs)

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This is used to specify an infecition that originates or takes place in a hospital

47
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Infection is referred to as exogenous when

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the causative organism is acquired from other peopple

48
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An endogenous infection occurs when

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the causative organism comes from microbial life harbored in the person

49
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infection is referred to as iatrogenic when

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it results from a treatment or a diagnostic procedure

50
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what are the four nosocomial Infections?

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Urinary Tract Infections
Surgical Site Infections
Blooddstream Infections
Pneumonia

51
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Staphylococcus Aureus is also named what?

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S. Aureus is named MRSA

52
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S. Aureus is resistant to?

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Methicillin-Resistant

53
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Staphylococcus Aureus is also named what?

54
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VRSA is resistant to?

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Vancomycin

55
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Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) is resistant to?

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Carbapenem

56
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S Aureus is normally found where?

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On the skin, nasal mucous membranes, and in the respiratory and gastrointestinal tracts

57
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What does MRSA stand for?

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Methicillin-Resistant Staph Aureus

58
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Difference between VISA and VRSE

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Vancomycin Intermediate-Resistant S. Aureus

Vancomycin Resistant S. Aureus

59
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Where is VRE found and how is it dangerous?

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VRE is found in normal intestinal and genitourinary tracts and dcause HAIs wit h high mortality rate

60
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What are CRE?

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Carbapenum Resistant; associated with a 40-50% mortality rate

61
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what does disinfection do

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destroys all pathogenic oganisms eexcept spores

62
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what does sterilization do?

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Destroys all microorganisms; including spores

63
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Transmission-Based Precaustions

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Used in addition to standard precautions for patients in hospitals with suspected infection with pathogens that can be transmitted by airborne, droplet, or contact routes

64
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What are the two tiers of precautions?

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Standard Precautions and Transmission-Based Precautions

65
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What are standard precautions?

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Precautions used in the care of all hospitalized patients regardless of their diagnosis or possible infection status

66
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What are the three types of transmission based precautions

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airborne, droplet, contact

67
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Immunocompromised patients are usually infected by

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pathogens within their own body, rather than those transmitted by other individuals

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