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Unit 3

Infection Control Part 2

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Liver infection spread via the oral-fecal route Hepatitis A
Liver infection that can occur for a health care worker through needlestick injury Hepatitis C
Occurs when an HIV-positive individual's immune system is too weak, and is no longer able to fight off infections and malignancies AIDS
Disease-producing microbes that are transmitted through the air Airborne pathogens
Practices that are designed to decrease the chance of an infection spreading from one person to another Infection control
The use of strong chemicals to clean nonliving objects that come in contact with body fluids or substances , such as bedpans, urinals, and overbed tables Disinfection
Microbes typically found on a person's hands Transient flora
Barriers (i.e., masks, gloves, gowns, goggles) used in infection control Personal Protective Equipment
Precautions that health care workers take with every patient or resident to protect theselves and others from pathogens that are transmitted through blood and other body substances Standard precautions
Precautions used in addition to standard precautions when a person is known to have a disease that is transmitted a certain way Transmission-based precautions
Guidelines based on a pathogen's method of transmission that are followed to contain the pathogen and limit others' exposure to it as much as possible Isolation precautions
The most important method of preventing the spread of infection Hand hygiene
Major cause of health care-associated diarrhea Clostridium difficile
Bacteria that have developed resistance to the antibiotics used to fight them Multidrug-resistant organisms
White blood cell Leukocyte
An infection caused by a bacterium that usually infects the lungs but may also infect the kidneys or bones Tuberculosis
Special white blood cells that play a role in the immune response to invading pathogens T cells
Infections that are transmitted through the air Measels, chickenpox, SARS, smallpox, TB
Best sequence for putting on personal protective equipment Gown, mask, goggles, gloves
Diseases caused by pathogens that can be transmitted through droplets Mumps, influenza, scarlet fever, whooping cough, strep throat, rubella, meningitis
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