1010 chpt 5 infection control

Infectious microorganisms

Bacteria, viruses, fungi, Protozoa, helminths, prions

Standard precautions

Minimum standard of care to protect dental healthcare providers and prevent DHCP's transmission

Precautions necessary when

Blood, saliva, body fluids (not sweat), broken skin, mucous men

Cross contamination

Person to person or object, object to person

Airborne infection

Aerosol, splatter, origin, contents, concentration

Prevention of transmission

Procedural hygiene, clean water, protection

Chain of infection/what’s necessary for transmission

Infectious agent, reservoirs, part of exit, transmission, port of entry, susceptible host

Transmission based precaution

Droplet, contact, airbone, sharps

Corona virus transmission and symptoms

Inhaled airbone droplets and indirect/direct contact of droplets w/ mucous mem. Cough, fever, trouble breathing,

Hepatitis

Inflammation of liver by virus, bacterial and viral, fever, fatigue, loss of appetite, abdominal pain

Hep A and E

Oral fecal

Hep B, C, D

Blood and body fluids

Hep F, G

New, transfusion transmitted

Hep reminder

Vowels = bowels (a, e)

Consonant = blood and body fluid (b, c, d)

Tuberculosis

Airborne, check for cough, lungs

Pathogens transmissible by oral cavity

Tuberculosis, viral hep, AIDS, herpetic infection

Herpes

Gingivosyomatis, labial, genital, stress sunlight illness trauma, is also shingles, chicken pox, mono, saliva

HPV

Sexual transmission, oncogenic is cancer causing

HIV

AIDS. Sexual contact/blood. Found in saliva, tears, urine, bronchial secretions but not yet found to be transmitted by these

MRSA