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Chapter 6 Review
Health Careers
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Dehydration | an excessive loss of water from the body |
| Infection prevention | a set of methods used to prevent the spread of disease |
| Direct Contact | way to transmit pathogens through touching the infected person or his secretions |
| Dirty | in healthcare; a condition in which and object has been contaminated with pathogens |
| Disinfection | process that destroys most but not all, pathogens and other types of microorganisms |
| An object can be called clean if | it has not been contaminated with pathogens |
| When a pathogens enter the bloodstream and move thought the body | Systemic infection |
| One sign of Localized infection | Drainage from a wound cavity |
| Doff | to remove |
| Don | to put on |
| Carrier | a person who carries a pathogen usually without signs or symptoms |
| Catheter | tube inserted through the skin or into a body opening that is used to administer or drain fluid |
| A mask and goggles she be worn | if contact with splashing or spraying blood or other body fluids is likely |
| When handling dirty linen, a cna should | wear gloves |
| Where is the best place to dispose of sharps | In a puncture proof biohazard container |
| c-difficile | c-diff |
| c-difficile | a bacterium that is spread by spores in feces that are difficult to kill |
| c-diff | symptom; diarrhea and nausea that can lead to inflammation of the colon |
| CDC | Federal government agency responsible for improving the overall health and safety of the people in the United States |
| How are bloodborne disease transmitted? | by contact with blood or body fluids |
| OSHA | A federal government agency that makes an enforces rules to protect workers from hazards |
| Body Fluids | tears, saliva, sputum urine feces semen vaginal secretions, pus, wound drainage, vomit |
| PRN | as needed |
| MRSA | methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus; bacteria that have developed resistance to the antibiotic methicillin or other antibiotics |
| Why would a resident be in isolation? | requires transmission- based precautions |
| What is the proper mask to wear when caring for a resident who have COVID-19 | N-95 Respirator |
| Contaminated | soiled, unclean; having disease causing organisms or infectious material on it |
| Contagious disease; | a type of communicable disease that spread quickly from person to person |
| In which of the parts of the body are mucous membranes found | genitals |
| which of the following increase the risk of infection in older adults | Catheter use |
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