| A | B |
|---|
| Medical asepsis | used to prevent spread of infection |
| susceptibility | the ability of the body to RESIST disease |
| generalized | spread THROUGHOUT the body |
| normal flora | microbes that are HEALTHY and NECESSARY for the body to function properly |
| droplet mode of transmission | no contact, 3 feet, inhaled |
| airborne mode of transmission | tinay carried by moistur or dust particles in the air, inhaled |
| direct contact mode of transmission | contact of HC provider with RESIDENT, bathing, secretions, body fluids |
| indirect contact mode of transmission | HC provider with OBJECTS used by residents, sheets, clothes, doorknobs |
| vector-borne mode of transmission | through another host , rats, fleas, ticks, roaches, flies |
| common vehicle mode of transmission | to many people through contact with, food, water,blood products |
| modes of transmission Drops in the Air Can Carry Viruses | Droplets, Airborne, Contact, Common Vehicle, Vectors |
| Vector | insect rodent or small animal that carries disease, roach, rat |
| Chain of infection | 6 factors necessary for infection to develop |
| Most effective method of preventing spread of infection | handwashing |
| clean and soiled linen storage | seperate by AT LEAST one room's width |
| bloodbourne pathogens | spread by contact with blood, body fluids, nonintact skin, mucous membranes, secretions NOT SWEAT |
| Hepatitis B | greates risk to HC workers |
| standard precautions | measures usded my HC workers to protect themselves. |
| change gloves | BEFORE each resident contact, AFTER each resident contact, immediately BEFORE touching mucous membranes, immediately BEFORE touching nonintact skin, after touching a residents secretions or excretions BEFORE moving to another part of the body |
| MRSA | found in HC facilities, difficult to treat |
| scabies | parasite, mite, very contagious, direct contact, contact precautions |
| head lice | parasite, direct contact, do not hop jump or fly |
