Patient Care Chapters 9-11

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Transmission of skin-to-skin infections (5 C's)
Crowding, contact, compromised skin, contaminated items or surfaces, and lack of cleanliness
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Asepsis
Procedures used to reduce the number ofmicroorganisms
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Disinfection
The process of killing pathogenic microorganisms
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Epidemic
A disease that spreads rapidly in a geographic area
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Leading infectious disease
HIV
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Second-leading infectious disease
TB
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What is ARDS?
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
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When did the term change from universal precautions to standard precautions?
1996
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Microbial Dilution
things such as cleaning to help reduce number of infectious microorganisms
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Donning
Putting on a piece of clothing
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Doffing
Removing a piece of clothing
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Neutropenic Patient
Someone with a low white blood cell count
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Clean person touches the patient for
A neutropenic patient
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Clean person touches the equipment for
An isolation patient
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Autoclaving reaches temps of
250º-275º
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The type of gas used for conventional gas sterilization
Ethylene Oxide