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LPN Fall 2008
Infection Control
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Infectious Disease | diseases spread from one person to another |
| Infection | condition that results when microorganisms cause injury to a host |
| Colonization | condition in which microorganisms are present, but the host does not manifest any signs or sypmtoms |
| Infection Control Precautions | physical measures designed to curtail the spread of infectious disease |
| Standard Precautions | measures for reducing the risk for microorganism transmission from bot recognized and unrecognized cources of infection |
| Incubation Period | infectious agent reproduces, no recognizablesymptoms, may exit host at this time |
| Prodromal Stage | Initial symptoms appear, may be vague and nonspecific, i.e. fever, mild headache, loss of energy |
| Acute Stage | Symptoms become severe and specific to tissue or organ that is affected |
| Convalescent Stage | Symptoms subside, host overcomes infectious agent |
| Resolution | Pathogen destroyed, Health improves or is restored |
| Transimission-based precautions | measures for controlling the spread of infection agents from clients known to be or suspected of being infected with highly transmissible important pathogens |
| Airborne Precautions | reduce the risk for transmitting airborne infacetious agents, keep door closed , client confined to room, wear mask such as N95 or Powered Air Purifier, i.e. TB, Measles |
| Droplet Precautions | measures that block pathogens within moist droplets larger than 5 microns, Standard Precautions, door open or closed, wear mask always within 3 feet of client, i.e. Influenza, Rubella, Streptococcal pneumonia, menengoccal meningitis |
| Contact Precautions | measures used to block the transmission of pathogens by direct or indirect contact, Follow standard precautions, gloves, gown if possible touching of contaminated objects, i.e infections that are drug-resistant, gas gangrene acute diarrhea, acute viral co |
| PPE | garments that block the transfer of pathogens from one person, place, or object to oneself or others |
| Double-bagging | infection control measure in which one bag of contaminated items, such as trash or laundry, is placed within another |
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