Infection Control Flashcards
Microorganism
-everywhere
-in food we eat;surfaces
20x’s microorganisms than there are cells in your body. 200 trillion in an adult
Pathogens
Microorganisms that are harmful & cause infections
Non-pathogens
Microorganisms that usually don’t cause infections
Normal Flora
Microbes that live & grow in certain locations-beneficial in maintaining certain body process
Bacteria
Classified by shape
Protozoa
Animals that live in decayed material; contaminated water.
Fungi
Fungus like dead matter
Ricettsiae
Parasite - lives inside otter living things
(Small ticks carry Lyme disease
Viruses
Smallest of all microorganisms
Can’t replicate unless inside another cell
What are the 3 types of infections?
Local
Systemic
Nosocomial
What is a local infection?
Just in one area;doesn’t spread
What is a systemic infection?
An infection that spreads
What is a Nosocomial infection?
Hospital acquired infection
Acquired by an individual in a health care facility
What is a chain of infection?
6 conditions that must be present to start an infection.
What is an susceptible host?
Individual affected by the disease
1st in chain of infection
What is the Portal of Entry?
How pathogen gets into the body
2cd chain of infection
What is a Causative Agent?
pathogen
Bacteria
Virus
Protozoa
Rickketsiae
(3rd chain of infection)
What is a Resivar?
Where the disease lives
What is the Portal of Exit?
How it leaves the body
Anytime of body fluid is considered contagious
What is Transmission?
How it gets from one to another.
What does NICE DR MISER stand for?
Nervous Immune (Lymphatic) Circulatory(cardiovascular) Endocrine Digestive Respiratory Muscular Integumentary Skeletal Excretory Reproductive
Nervous system
Function: responds to changes and controls
Structures: Brain, Spinal Cord, Nerves
Infectious disease
A pathological condition of a plant or animal caused by invasion of microorganisms that impairs normal body function.
