Infection Control (2) Flashcards
AIDS
Acquired Immunodeficiency Virus
Absence of microorganism
Asepsis
When an area is considered unclean
Contamination
Means to destroy blood-borne pathogen
Decontamination
Destruction of pathogen organism
Disinfection
Infection from hospital
Health care-associated infection
Inflammation of the liver
Hepatitis
Entrance of disease; of pathogen
Infection
Seperate
Isolation
Practice that helps reduce the spread of microorganisms
Medical asepsis
Tiny, living organism
Microorganism
Infection originating from hospital
Nosocomial
Microorganism that produces disease
Pathogen
Barrier, helps protect skin
Personal Protective Equipment
Standard that applies when you enter a healthcare setting
Respiratory Hygiene
Presence of pathogenic organism in blood/tissue
Sepsis
Hard, thick-wall capsule formed by the bacteria
Spore
Containing no microorganisms are being destroyed
Sterilization
Practice that reduce the area free of microorganism
Surgical asepsis
Bodily injury cause by physical means
Wound
Give 3 principles of basic infection control
Avoid shaking or tossing linen
Whenever objects touch, a clean item becomes less clean
Microorganism are transferred by gravity
Microorganisms are released into the air on droplet nuclei
Microorganisms move slowly on dry surfaces, quick on moisture
Proper handwashing removes many of the microorganisms
Place where microorganisms grow and reproduce
Reservoir
Microorganisms can leave the host
Exit
Spread of the infection
Transmission
Portal of entry
Infection
Person whose bodily systems cannot repel microorganisms
Susception
Most microorganism grow best in ___, ___, ____ environment
Dark, warm, moist
Less likely to grown when they are exposed to a ___,___,____, or extremely ____ environment
Light, cool, dry, hot
Sterilization of contaminated objects
Steam, gas, uv rays, dry heat
Barriers to infection
Hand hygiene
Wearing of gloves or ppe
Proper removal and disposal of contaminated dressing
Used of isolation techniques
Single most important procedure for preventing the transfer of microorganisms
Hand washing
Reduce the possibility of glove contamination
Closed-glove technique for asepsis
Greater potential for glove contamination
Open-glove technique for asepsis
Destroys all forms of microbial life except high number of bacterial spores
High level disinfection
Destroys most viruses, most fungi
Intermediate level
Destroys most bacteria, some viruses
Low level disinfection
Used to clean and disinfect surfaces that have become soiled
Environmental disinfection
Use to destroy all forms of microbial life, including high numbers of bacterial spores
Sterilization
Used for sterilization; steam sterilization
Autoclave
Parameters of sterilization
Steam, pressure, temperature, time
To remove, inactivate, or destroy blood-borne pathogens on a surface or item to the points where they can no longer transmit infection
Decontamination
