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Resp 2 III
Study guide
Question | Answer |
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rervoir | organism resides in human |
host | receipient of mircrobe (mouth eye etc) |
carrier | individual who harbors or carries the organism |
direct | sufficient contact with infected person (blood sprays in eye) (touch) |
indirect | microorganism that has been passed to person to person through a article someone used (book, pencil-(fomite)) |
airborne transmission | microorganism transmitted in the air by contaminated droplet nuclei or dust particles. |
airborne precautions | (cough) remain suspended in air for a long time HEPA mask, gloves, eye |
Airborne diseases | TB, chicken pox, measles |
Contact precautions | gowns if touching patient, mask, gloves |
Contact diseases | staph, scabies, ebola, colitis, RSV (C-DIFF) |
Droplet transmission | organisms transmitted by large particle droplets only for a short time |
droplet diseases | pneumonia, mumps, strep, rubella, flu |
Why do noscomial infections occur | 1. antibiotic resistant bacteria 2. patients with anatomic/debilitating weakness (lowers resistant) 3. procedures that bridge host defenses (IV) |
8 procedures that control contamination | good ventilation, sterile technique, handwashing, pulmonary care, early detection and treatment, resp therapy equipment, infectious disease consulation, isolation |
incernation | (sterilization) destroys ojects |