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Medical Therapeutics
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What are Airborne Precautions? | Wash Hands, Use hand Sanitizer, n95 mask, Negative Pressure room, |
| What is the most important Airborne PPE? | Particulate respirator |
| What are Common Airborne Diseases? | Tuberculosis |
| What is Asepsis? | Asepsis is the absence of bacteria, viruses, and other microorganisms |
| What is surgical Asepsis? | Destroying all pathogenic microorganisms before they can enter the body |
| What is medical Asepsis? | performing procedures and providing patient care so that pathogenic organisms are not transmitted from ill patient to anyone else |
| Sanitation V. Sterilization | Sanitation provides a clean environment that will stop the transmission of disease while sterilization voids all surfaces of microorganisms often using an autoclave |
| What is a HAI? | A HAI is a healthcare associated infection and are usually received after a patient receives medical or surgical care and is recovering |
| How is a HAI caused? | A HAI is caused by carelessness and not following proper procedures. People may not wash their hands or donn the right PPE when taking care of a patient. |
| What are the most common types of HAI’s? | CLABSI,CAUTI,SSI,VAP |
| What is normal flora? | Normal flora are microorganisms found in or on the body on a semi-permanent basis and don’t usually harm the body but usually are helpful |
| Where is normal flora usually found? | Nose,throat,mouth,colon,skin, vagina, urethra |
| What is colonization? | Establishment of a site of reproduction for microbes on a person without actually causing them harm. |
| What is an infection? | Growth or multiplication of a microbe in the body who’s purpose is to cause harm or damage to the host. |
| How do Normal Flora Help us? | Normal flora can be helpful in maintaining homeostasis, regulate ph levels, help with digestion, protect the host from pathogens, and compete with invaders for nutrients. |
| When and how do normal flora harm us? | If normal flora is displaced, grows too much, or the amount of them decrease due to antibiotics then they can become potentially harmful causing UTI’s, infections, bloodstream infections and more |
| What is fecal bacteriotherapy? | Fecal bacteriotherapy is when a healthy donor’s stool is taken and placed into the sick recipients colon via rectal catheter to help redistribute healthy flora to the sick person to replace their damaged flora and help them recover. |
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