week 1 Flashcards
what are the three life stages of the older adult
young old
middle old
old old
What classifies as Young old
approx 65-74
What classifies as middle old
ages 75-84
what classifies as the old old
over age 85
what is a nosocomial infection
health care associated infection
what are the modes of transmission that a disease can spread by
direct contact
indirect contact
droplet transmission
airborne
vehicle transmission
vector borne transmission
what are the three stages of the inflammatory response
Vascular and cellular
formation of exudates
Tissue repair
What is involved in the vascular stage of the inflammatory response
when blood vessels dilate and blood and fluid rush in changing color increasing temp and create swelling and WBC are delivered to the area to kill microorganisms and remove debris
what is involved in the formation of exudates
the accumulation of fluid dead tissue and WBC
what is susceptibility of a host
how likely someone is to contract an infection or disease which depends on their degree of resistance to that pathogen
which immune response significantly declines when we age
Cell mediated immunity
what are 5 factors that increase a a patients susceptibility to a pathogen
Age
nutritional status
stress
disease process
medical therapy
what infection precaution would you use for c.diff
contact plus
what infection precaution would you use for tuberculosis
airborne
what infection precaution would you use for influenza
Droplet precautions
what equipment do you need for airborne precautions
N95 mask only
What equipment do you need for droplet precautions
Normal mask
eye protection
what equipment do you need for contact precautions
normal mask
gown
gloves
What equipment do you need for contact plus precautions
normal mask
gown
gloves
what is asepsis
the process of trying to keep away disease producing organisms
what are the two types of aseptic techniques
Medical asepsis
surgical asepsis
what is medical asepsis and what is it also known as
when you try and reduce the number of microorganisms or pathogens in the environment also known as clean technique
what is surgical asepsis and what is it also known as
when you completely eliminate microorganisms or pathogens in an area it is also called sterile technique
what is routine precautions and what things does it apply to
practices you implement regardless of their diagnosis or presumed infectiousness whenever you come in contact with
Blood
bodily fluids
non intact skin
Mucous membranes
also includes rules on hand washing cleaning and contaminated linen and sharps
