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Patient care Exam #1 Questions With CompleteSolutions
what is the clean technique that reduces microbes and infection control? -
correct answer medical asepsis
what is the sterile technique that involves the complete removal of microbes and
spores? - correct answer surgical aspesis
what is known as the state or condition in which a pathogenic agent invades the
body or part of it? - correct answer infection
a pathological condition that presents a group of symptoms that is peculiar to it
is known as what? - correct answer disease
what are the guidelines developed by the CDC designed to reduce the risk of
transmission of microorganisms from both recognized and unrecognized sources
of infection in hospitals? - correct answer Standard Precautions
what is the second tier of the HICPAC isolation precautions to be used in addition
to standard precautions? - correct answer Transmission based precautions
what are objects sush as dressings, dishes, radiology cassettes, sonography
probes etc, that have been contaminated by infectious microorganisms and can
transfer these pathogenic microorganisms by indirect contact? - correct answer
fomites
what is the new infection control strategy (introduced in 1985) which emphasized
applying blood and body fluid precautions universally to all persons regardless
of their presumed infection status? - correct answer Universal Precautions
what type of precautions describes hospital/patient specific measures to prevent
infections in a susceptible individual? - correct answer Protective/Reverse
Precautions (neutropenic)
if a cancer patient is immunocompromised with a low white blodd cell count,
what precautions should be taken? - correct answer protective/reverse
what are the pathogens called that enter the body causing infection? - correct
answer infectious microorganisms
pathogens are also known as what? - correct answer bacteria
what are common bacterial pathogens? - correct answer streptococci
varicella
, salmonella
tuberculosis
staphylococci
list some examples of viral pathogens - correct answer hepatitis
herpes
HIV
colds
warts
mumps/measles
what is required for fungi to reproduce? - correct answer moisture and darkness
what are some common forms of fungi? - correct answer athlete's foot and
ringworm
list some common parasites? - correct answer protozoan
trichomoniasis
malaria
What are the 12 different factors that can increase a person's risk of nosocomial
infections? - correct answer 1’ environment
2’ regimen
3’ equipment
4’ contamination (during medical procedures)
5’ age
6’ heredity
7’ nutrition
8’ stress
9’ no rest/exercise
10’ personal habits
11’ health history
12’ inadequate defenses
what is a nosocomial infection? - correct answer an infection acquired in a
hospital
what are the 4 stages of infection? - correct answer 1’ incubation
2’ prodromal
3’ full disease
4’ convalescent
describe the incubation stage of infection - correct answer pathogen enters body
and may lie dormant for a short time, then begin to produce no specific
symptoms of disease
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