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Infection control/medical asepsis/sterilization

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Microbiology   study of microorganisms  
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Microorganisms   tiny plants and animals that you can't see with the naked eye  
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Pathogenic   disease causing  
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Non-pathogenic   normal flora and fauna  
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Where are nonpathogenic microorganisms found?   surface of skin, GI track, respitory, and GU track  
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Infection   invasion and multiplication of pathogenic organisms in the body  
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Symptoms of infection   heat, swelling, pain, redness  
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What is the shape of Cocci   round  
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What is the shape of Bacilli   Rod, twinkee  
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What is the shape of Spirilla   Spiral  
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What are the three subgroups with Cocci   diplococci, steptococci, and staphlococci  
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What diseases are assosiated with diplococci?   ganarria  
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What diseases are assosiated with steptococci?   strepthoat  
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what diseases are assosiated with staphlococcsi?   pimples  
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What diseases are assosiated with bacilli?   TB, Typhoid, tetness  
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What diseases are assosiated with Spirilla?   sypholis  
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What is a virus   smallest living organisum  
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How can we see viruses?   using an eletron microscope  
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what is Protozoa?   largest one cell micoorganism causes malaria  
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What is Epidemiology?   Science study of incidents, distribution, and contyrol of diseases  
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What is communicable disease?   transferable to one person to another  
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what is communicable period   time when an infectious agent can be transferred  
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what is incubation time?   time between exposure to first symptoms  
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What is direct transmission   actual contact with pt. or their fluids  
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what is indirect transmission   it occurs through infectous droplets in the air  
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what is nosocomial   hospital aquired infection  
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what is the chair of infection in order?   infectious agent, resevoir host, means of exit, means of transmission, means of entry, susceptible host  
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factors contributing to low resistance   pour health, pour hygine, pour nutrition, and age  
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what does coughing and sneezing do?   focefully expells microorganisums  
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What is Cilia and what does it do for us?   small hairs that capture and expell bad things from your respitory tract.  
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what does tears and sweat do?   help remove disease causing pathogens  
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What is aerobes   needs oxygen to survive  
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what is anaerobes   does not need oxygen to survive  
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how does light affect organisums?   most organisums grow better with out light  
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how does moisture affect organisums?   mositure is essential for growth and reproduction  
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Asepsis   germ free  
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Mecical Asepsis   clean but does not eliminate all pthogens  
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surgical asepsis   make steril eliminates all  
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sanitization   process of washing and scrubing  
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disinfection   process that can eliminate many organisms but is not effective against spores  
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sterilization   procdess that distroys all forms of organisums including spores  
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what do you use with disinfection?   chemicals like bleach, clorid, cidex, germacides, bacteriolcides, or boil at least 15min to disinfect  
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Naturally acquired-active immunity   get sick-get the antibodies  
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Artificially acquired-active immunity   vaccine-semi to permanent  
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Naturally acquired-passive immunity   mom to fetus-temporary  
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Artificially acquired-passive immunity   ready made antibodies-gamma globulin-temporary  
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Incubation   exposure time first appearance of disease  
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Prodomal   beginning of systems  
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acute   disease process at it's peak  
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declining   syptoms start to subside  
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convalescent   recovery and recouperation  
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