Contraindications to Hot treatment
Answer> -Area is actively bleeding (inc. bleeding)
-Acute localized inflammation (can rupture inflamed appendix)
-Over large area if patient has cardiovascular problems
7 rights of medication administration
Answer> Right medication
Right dose
Right pa...
Answer> Ability of pathogen to invade and injure host (ability to produce
disease)
non-specific (innate) immunity
Answer> first line of defense against invasion by pathogens
specific adaptive immunity
Answer> allows the body to make antibodies in response to a foreign organism
(antigen)
Prevention of HAI
Answer> 1. Hand washing
,2. Sterile procedure
3. Skin integrity
Types of Healthcare Associated Infections
Answer> Iatrogenic infection
exogenous infection
endogenous infection
Iantrogenic (HAI)
Answer> results from diagnostic procedure
Exogenous (HAI)
Answer> from microorganisms outside the body
Endogenous (HAI)
Answer> overgrowth of natural flora (opportunistic)
,Who is at risk for infection?
Answer> Immunocompromised
Post operative
Indwelling device
Break in the skin
impaired circulation
chronic disease
crowded environments
older adults
poor life choices
Common HAI infection routes
Answer> 1. Surgical or trauma wound
2. Urinary
3. resp. Tract
4. bloodstream
, Chain of Infection
Answer> 1. Infectious agent
2. Reservoirs - where does the infectious agent reside
3. Portal of exit - how does pathogen leave the body (sneeze/cough)
4. Means of transmission - how exposed to another person
5. Portal of entry - how does pathogen enter a new host
6. Susceptible host - person at risk for developing infection
Means of transmission
Answer> 1. Contact (Direct or indirect)
2. Droplet (sneeze, cough, talking), large particles
3. Airborne (cough, sneeze, exhaling), small particles suspended in air
4. Vector (animals/insects)
Stages of Infection
Answer> 1. Incubation - the time between pathogen enters the body and first
symptoms
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