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68W LPC - Test 1 Study Guide With Complete
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chain of infection ANS✔✔ infectious agent, reservoir, portal of exit, mode of transmission, portal of entry, susceptible
host
Vehicle to Transmissions (8) ANS✔✔ Direct Contact; Indirect Contact; Human Carrier; Airborne; Water Borne; Food-
Born; Vectors; Blood-Born
Single most useful and effective means of breaking chain of infection ANS✔✔ Hand washing
What is the most frequent mode of disease transmission? ANS✔✔ direct contact
Normal Cause of Infection ANS✔✔ Phase 1: Incubation period
Phase 2: prodromal stage
Phase 3: full stage of illness
Final Phase (4): convalescent stage
Spores ANS✔✔ Protect certain bacteria and become resistant to the environment and can cursive extreme conditions of
light, dying and many chemicals. Spore forming bacteria are most difficult to control and destroy
Pathogenic Bacteria ANS✔✔ Neisseria causes gonorrhea, upper respiratory infections and infectious meningitis.
Droplet Diseases ANS✔✔ Meningitis, Pneumonia, Diphtheria, Streptococcal Pharyngitis, Influenza, Mumps, and Rubella
contact precautions ANS✔✔ Diseases include drug-resistant gastrointestinal, respiratory, skin and wound infections,
hepatitis A, herpes simplex virus, and acute diarrhea
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Response to infection ANS✔✔ Incubation - When the Pathogen Enters the Body
Prodromal Stage - onset of initial symptoms
Full Stage of Illness - symptoms are acute and specific to the type of infection
Convalescent Stage - acute symptoms subside
nosocomial infection ANS✔✔ a disease acquired in a hospital or clinical setting
Potential reservoirs for pathogenic growth in clinical setting ANS✔✔ IV Fluids
Foods
Biological Materials
Equipment
host resistance ANS✔✔ Naturally occurring body floras have an antibiotic relationship with pathogens and contribute to
an individual's health
side effects ANS✔✔ Negative effects or actions other than the desired actions
Contraindications ANS✔✔ Situations where you would NOT administer the medication because it may do more harm
than good
Therapeutic Effects ANS✔✔ Expected positive effect of a drug
What factors increase a pathogen's virulence? ANS✔✔ - Ability to produce enzymes that destroy blood cells
- Ability to produce enzymes that stop normal blood clotting
- Ability to produce enzymes that consume muscle fibers
- Ability to form protective capsules
What microorganism needs a host to make protein and energy? ANS✔✔ Virus
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