Grade 12 Exam Review Flashcards
maintaining cleanliness to prevent spread of microorganisms
Medical Asepsis
Protect all health workers from exposure and transmission to others
Universal precautions
Hospitals and health care facilities use this; combines universal precautions with body substances isolation guidelines
Standard precautions
possibility of blood and body fluid contact
category 1
blood not visible, possibility of body fluid contamination
category 2
no risk of body fluid contact
category 3
bath of special solution through which sound waves pass loose debris from instruments
ultrasonic
3 criteria for disinfection
proper time, proper contact, proper dilution
destroy all microoragnisms except acterial spores
high level
inactivates bacteria such as staph, most fungus and viruses, not spores
intermediate
most bacteria, some viruses and fungi
not resistant microorganisms or spores
low level
required for all instruments that will penetrate a client’s skin
sterilization
temperature, pressure, time
autoclave
if enough of your neighbours are vaccinated you’re unlikely to get the disease
herd immunity
vaccinate people in the immediate vacinity of someone who had he disease or to those who are most likely to be infected
ring vaccination
gram negative
red
gram positive
purple
grow in the presence of O2
aerobes
grow in the absence of O2
anaerobic
can grow with or without O2
facultative
grows in chains, gram positive
streptococci
grape like clusters, gram positive
staphylococci
stain that adheres to a waxy cell wall
acid fast
cant gram stain
tuberculosis, and spirilla