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68C Test 2 Intro A&P
68C 14-006
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Health History | Subjective - symptoms are described by a patient, obtained through interview |
| Physical Assessment | Objective - signs are observed by the nurse through assessment techniques |
| IPAP | Four Physical Assessment Techniques. Inspection, Palpatation, Auscultation, Percussion |
| Inspection | Physical Inspection Technique - critcal observation, most frequently used |
| Palpatation | Physical Inspection Technique - Light and deep touch |
| Auscultation | Physical Inspection Technique - Use of a stethoscope to listen to sounds within the body usually breath, heart, digestive sounds. |
| Antiseptic | A substance that tends to inhibit the growth and reproduction of micro organisms. |
| Asepsis | Free of pathogenic micro-organisms |
| Carrier | An organism that can harbor and spread a pathogen causing disease but is not affected itself |
| Antiseptic | Substance used to sterilize living tissue |
| Contamination | Condition of being soiled, stained, touched, or otherwise exposed to harmful agents by the entry of infectious or toxic material into a previously sterile environment |
| Disinfectants | A chemical that is applied to inanimate objects to destroy micro-organisms |
| Endogenous | Infection produced from internal sources |
| exogenous | Infection caused from a source originating outside of the organism |
| fomite | Inanimate Source which introduces infectious material into an organism |
| host | An organism or group of organisms who because of risk factors may be susceptible to diseae or illness |
| infection | Invasion of micro-organisms, bacteria, viral, fungal, Parasitic that produce tissue damage |
| microbiology | Science that studies microscopic organisms |
| opportunistic | Normally benign pathogen causes disease when host organism has decreased resistance |
| pathogen | Disease causing micro-organism |
| standard precautions | inclusionary standards to protect healthcare workers from exposure to blood and body fluids. Designed to reduce risk of transfer of pathogens. |
| virulence | strength of a pathogen. The number and capability of organisms needed to cause disease. |
| medical asepsis | application of clean techniques to remove gross contamination |
| surgical asepsis | Sterile technique used to destroy all micro-organisms, spores, pathogens |
| vector | living carrier for transmission of pathogens |
| Healthcare Associated Infection | Nosocomial Infection - Infection acquired within 48 hrs of being admitted into a hospital |
| Nosocomial Infection | Healthcare Associated Infection - Infection acquired within 48 hrs of being admitted into a hospital |
| bacteriology | branch of microbiology that sudies bacteria |
| aerobic | uses oxygen (O2) to grow and thrive |
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