infection control and asepsis Flashcards
Causing microorganism
- Bacteria, fungi, parasites
etiologic agent
where microorganisms survive, multiply, and await
- Human beings or animals
reservoir
Leaves one host to enter a host to grow
portal of exit
To the susceptible host
Microorganisms enter the mucous membrane, non-intact skin, GI tract, respiratory tract
PORT OF ENTRY
Person at risk for infection
Immunosuppresed children/elderly, chronically ill clinets, clients with trauma or injury
SUSCEPTIBLE HOST
immediate and direct transfer (touching, biting, kissing, or sexual intercourse)
DIRECT CONTACT TRANSMISSION
vehicle borne or vector borne
INDIRECT CONTACT TRANSMISSION
substance that serves as an intermediate means to transport and introduce an infectious agent: fomites
VEHICLE BORNE
animal or flying or crawling insect that serves as an intermediate means of transporting the infectious agent
VECTOR BORNE
residue of evaporated droplets, suspended in the air, emitted by an infected host (dust particles)
AIRBORNE TRANSMISSION
MRS. WEE
M - Multidrug resistant organism
R - Respiratory infection
S - Skin infections
W - Wound infections
E - Enteric Infection - clostridium difficile
E - Eye infection - conjunctivitis
VCHIPS
V - Varicella zoster
C - Cutaneous diphtheria
H - Herpes simplex
I - Impetigo
P - Pediculosis
S - Scabies
MY CHICKEN HEZ TB / MTV
My - Measles
Chicken - Chicken Pox/Varicella
Hez - Herpes Zoster/Shingles
TB - Tuberculosis
M - Measles
TB
V - Chicken Pox/Varicella/Herpes Zoster/Shingles
Interval between entrance of pathogen into body and appearance of first symptoms
INCUBATION PERIOD
Interval from onset of nonspecific signs and symptoms to more specific symptoms
PRODROMAL STAGE
