infection control (4) Flashcards
who first implemented hand washing with chlorinated water during deliveries
Ignaz Semmelweis in 1840
who used microscopes to see animacules (1st direct observation of microbes)
Anton van Leeuwenhoek
who noticed that previous infection by cowpox prevents smallpox and set the stage for immunology and vaccine development
edward jenner
who noticed that cholera was transmitted by polluted water
John Snow
who noticed that mild heating of foods delayed spoilage
Pasteur (pasteurization)
who developed the germ theory of disease
Pasteur
who developed a procedure for attenuating organisms for use in vaccines
Pasteur
who developed the first rabies vaccine
Pasteur
who developed a system of surgery designed to prevent disease transmission involving cleaning surgical equipment
Joseph Lister
who reproduced disease through injection of healthy animals with anthrax microbe?
Koch–Koch’s postulates
who developed penicillin
Alexander Fleming
sequencing for donning PPE
- hand hygiene
- gown
- mask
- goggles/face shield
- gloves
sequence for removing PPE
*gown and gloves at doorway before leaving room
- gloves
- hand hygiene
- gown
- hand hygiene
mask and eye protection outside room, then hand hygiene
a condition that requires contact precautions
C. diff
a condition that required droplet precautions
suspected meningitis
respiratory infections
