Mod 2 Test Flashcards
What common resident microorganisms can you find on the skin?
Staphylococcus epidermidis Propionibacterium acnes Staphylococcus aureus Corynebacterium xerosis Pittosporum aureus
What common resident microorganisms can you find on the nasal passages?
Staphylococcus aureus
Staphylococcus epidermidis
What common resident microorganisms can you find on the oropharynx?
Streptococcus pneumoniae
What common resident microorganisms can you find in the mouth?
Streptococcus mutans
Lactobacillus
Bacteroides
Actinomyces
What common resident microorganisms can you find in the intestine?
Bacteroides Fusobacterium Eubacterium Lactobacillus Streptococcus Enterobacteriaceaes Shingella Escherichia coli
What common resident microorganisms can you find on the urethral orifice?
Staphylococcus epidermidis
What common resident microorganisms can you find in the urethra?
Proteus
What common resident microorganisms can you find in the vagina?
Lactobacillus
Bacteroides
Clostridium
Candida albicans
What is a communicable disease?
If an infectious agent can be transmitted to an individual by direct or indirect contact or as an airborne infection.
What is pathogenicity?
It is the ability to produce disease; thus a pathogen is a microorganisms that can cause a disease
What is an opportunistic pathogen?
Causes disease only in a susceptible individual
What is asepsis?
Is the freedom from disease causing microorganisms
What is used to decrease the possibility of transferring microorganisms from one place to another?
Aseptic technique
What are the two basic types of asepsis?
Medical and surgical
What is medical asepsis?
Practices intended to confine a specific microorganisms to a specific area limiting the number, growth and transmission
In Medical asepsis, objects are referred to as what?
Clean- absent of most microorganisms
Dirty- likely to have microorganisms
Surgical asepsis or sterile technique is referred to as what?
Practices that keep an area or object free of all microorganisms
What is sepsis?
Is condition in which acute organ dysfunction occurs secondary to infection
What types of microorganisms cause infection?
Bacteria- most common
Viruses- must enter a living cell
Fungi- include yeast and mold
Parasites- live on other organisms
What is colonization?
It is the process by which strains of microorganisms become resident flora
What is a local infection?
It is limited to the specific part of the body where the microorganisms remain
What is a systemic infection
It is when the microorganisms spread and damage different parts of the body
What is it called when a culture of the persons blood reveals microorganisms?
Bacteremia
When bacteremia result in systemic infection it is called what?
Septicemia
What happens durning an acute infection?
It appears suddenly or last a short time
What happens durning a chronic infection?
It occur slowly over a very long period and may last years or months
Infections that originate in the hospital are called what?
Nosocomial infections
What is a subgroup of health care- associated infections?
Nosocomial infections
What accounts for 2/3 of all HAIs?
Central intravenous lines- associated bloodstream infections
Catheter associated urinary tract infections
Ventilator-associated pneumonia
Nosocomial infections that originate from the client are called what?
Endogenous
Nosocomial infection that originated from the hospital environment are called what?
Exogenous
Urinary tract infections are caused by what?
Escherichia coli - improper catheterization technique
Enterococcus species- contamination of closed drainage system
Pseudomonas aeruginosa- inadequate hand hygiene
What causes infection in surgical sites?
Staphylococcus aureus/ MRSA- inadequate hand hygiene
Enterococcus species/ VRE- improper dressing change technique
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
What causes infection in the bloodstream?
Coagulase- negative staphylococci inadequate hand hygiene
Staphylococcus aureus- improper intravenous fluid, tubing, and site care technique
Enterococcus species
What is a latrogenic infection a direct result of?
Diagnostic or therapeutic procedures
How many links make up the chain of infection?
6
In the chain of infection the place where the organism naturally resides is what?
The etiologic agent or microorganisms
The reservoir in the chain of infection does what?
Is the source of the microorganisms (carrier)
Before an infection can establish itself in a host it must leave what?
Portal of exit from the reservoir
After the microorganisms leaves the reservoir via a portal of exit it requires what?
A method of transmission
What are the three methods of transmission for a microorganisms?
Direct transmission- kissing, bitting, sex
Indirect transmission
* vehicle- borne- handkerchief, toys, clothes
* vector borne - insect
Airborne transmission- droplets, dust
What serves as a portal of entry for a microorganisms?
Break in skin, respiratory tract, gastrointestinal tract, urinary tract, reproductive tract, blood, tissue
What is a susceptible host?
A susceptible host is any person who is at risk for infection
How does the chain of infection work?
Etiologic agent Reservoir Portal of exit Mode of transmission Portal of entry Susceptible host
What is infection?
It is the growth of microorganisms in the body tissue where they are not usually found
What is the body’s first line of defense against microorganisms?
Intact skin and mucous membranes
Where is bacteria most plentiful on the body?
Perineum and axillae
How does resident bacteria keep other bacteria from multiplying?
They use up all the available nourishment and the end products of their metabolism inhibits bacterial growth
What role do the mucous membrane and cilia play in the defense function of the nasal passages?
They trap microorganisms, dust, and foreign particles
What protective mechanisms does the oral cavity have?
It sheds mucosal epithelium to rid the moth of colonizers and saliva contain microbial inhibitors such as lactoferrin, lysozyme, and secretory IgA
Eye are protected by what?
Tears
The GI tract is protected by what?
The high acidity of the stomach and the resident flora in the large intestine
What are the natural defenses of the vagina?
Low PH levels inhibit the growth of of many disease producing microorganisms
What is the defense of the urethra?
Urine flow and intact mucosal surface
What is inflammation?
It is a local and nonspecific defensive response of the tissues to an injurious or infectious agent
What are the five characteristics of an inflammatory response?
Pain Swelling Redness Heat Impaired fiction of the part of the injury is severe
What are the three stages of an inflammatory response?
First stage: vascular and cellular responses
Second stage: exudate production
Third stage: reparative phase
What happens durning the first stage of inflammatory response?
Blood vessels at the site constrict followed by dilation of small blood vessels causing more blood to flow the the site this is called hyperemia and is responsible for heat and redness eventually releasing leukocyte causing inflammation creating pressure on the nerve endings causing pain.
Normal leukocyte count is 4500 to 11000 and can rise to 20000 when inflammation occurs
What happens durning the second stage of inflammatory response?
Inflammatory exudate is produced consisting of fluid that escaped the blood vessels. The plasma protein fibrinogen is released into the tissues and thrombophlebitin is released by the injured tissue which form a wall to prevent spread of injurious agent and exudate is cleared away by lymphatic drainage.
Major types of exudate are serous, purelent, and sanguineous
What happens durning the third stage of the inflammatory response?
Regeneration is the replacement of destroyed tissue cell by cell. The ability to regenerate cells varies considerably by the type of tissue digestive and respiratory tracts have good regenerative capacity and the nervous, muscular, and elastic tissues so not. When regeneration is not possible repair occurs by fibrous tissue/ scar tissue
What are the two immune response components?
Anti body defenses and cell mediation defenses
What are the two major types of immunity?
Active immunity- the host produces a antibodies in response natural antigens or artificial antigens ( infectious microorganisms of vaccine)
Passive immunity- the host receives it natural or artificial ( nursing mother or anti venom)
What are the three main groups of T cells?
Helper T- helps the functions of the immune system
Cytotoxic T cells- which attack and kill the microorganisms and sometimes the bodies own cells
Suppressor T cells- which can suppress the fictions of the helper T cells and cytotoxic t cell
What are factors increasing susceptibility to infection?
Age, heredity, level of stress, nutritional status, current medical therapy and preexisting disease processes
Durning an assessment if you found localized swelling, redness, pain or tenderness with palpation or movement, palpable heat, loss of fiction in the body part affected it would be a sign of what?
Local infection in the skin or mucous membranes
What are the signs of a systemic infection?
Fever
Increased pulse and respiratory rate
Malaise/ loss of energy
Anorexia and, in some situations nausea and vomiting
Enlargement and tenderness of lymph nodes that drain the area of infection