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Clinical Skills Exam 1|Complete and A+ Graded single most important factor in preventing the spread of infections hand hygeine standard precautions everything is infectious until proven otherwise infection invasion of pathogenic organisms that are actively causing illness coloniz...

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Clinical Skills Exam 1|Complete and A+
Graded
single most important factor in preventing the spread of infections
hand hygeine


standard precautions
everything is infectious until proven otherwise


infection
invasion of pathogenic organisms that are actively causing illness


colonization
presence of organisms that are on or in a patient, but are not showing signs or symptoms of infection


primary routes of infectious disease transmission
contact
droplet
airborne


categories of isolation precautions
- contact precautions
- contact enteric precautions
- MDRO precautions
- droplet precautions
- airborne infection isolation (AFB) precautions


droplet
larger particle size, organism travels and then falls to a surface


airborne
smaller particle size enables organisms to travel long distances when suspended
* negative pressure rooms required


contact precaution organisms
MRSA
influenza
varicalla/zoster
RSV
Giardia
Lice
Scabies


CA-MRSA
community acquired MRSA
- often occurs in clusters
- presents as a skin or soft tissue infection, such as a boil or abscess, often described by patients as a
"spider bite"

,MDRO precaution organisms
VRE
Multi-drug resistant acinetobacter
KPC's
ESBLs producers


contact enteric precautions microorganisms
clostridium difficile
Hep A
rotavirus
shigella
norovirus
salmonella
camplyobacter


special considerations for c. diff
transmitted by spores that are resistant to alcohol sanitizer, but susceptible to bleach
hand washing is necessary


droplet precaution organisms
influenza
neisseria meningitis
pertussis
mumps
rubella
group A strep


airborne infection precautions
N95 mask
negative pressure room


airborne/AFB organisms
TB
measles
varicella
zoster
smallpox
avian flu


three therapeutic core qualities that are important links to patient-provider communication
- respect
- genuineness
- empathy


nonverbal communication
- body language
- paralinguistic (tone, rhythm, pitch, vibrancy, pauses)
- kinesics (personal space)

, - gestures


Hx
history


PE
physical exam


subjective information
what the patient tells you


objective information
what you find on a physical exam


FIFE
feelings
ideas
functions
expectations


7 attributes of a symptom
location
timing
severity
onset
what makes it better/worse?
quality
radiating/ associated findings


OPQRST
onset
palliating/provoking
quality
radiation
severity
timing


CAGE
alcohol abuse
cut down
annoyance
guilt
eye opener


H+P
the note that you write after you take a patient's history and perform the physical exam
comprehensive note

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