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NUR155 Galen Actual Exam 2024| Questions with 100%Verified Answers | Latest Update
define medical asepsis - ✔✔clean technique
confining microorganisms
define surgical asepsis - ✔✔sterile technique
destroys all microorganisms
what are the 6 types of infection? - ✔✔local, systemic, bacteremia, septicemia, acute and
chronic
define local infection - ✔✔pathogens are limited to a small area of the body
swelling, redness, etc.
List the 5 levels of Maslow's Hiearchy of needs: From lowest to highest - ✔✔1. physiological
needs
2. safety and security needs
3. love and belonging needs
4. self-esteem needs
5. self-actualization needs
Define systemic infection - ✔✔an infection throughout the body
Define bacteremia - ✔✔presence of bacteria in the blood
define septicemia - ✔✔blood poisoning
,define a nosocomial infection - ✔✔hospital acquired infection
what are the 6 chains of infection? - ✔✔etiologic agent, reservoir, portal of exit, mode of
transmission, portal of entry and susceptible host
define etiologic agent - ✔✔how a microorganism gets in
define reservoir - ✔✔where microorganisms live; carrier
define portal of exit - ✔✔how it leaves the reservoir
define method of transmission - ✔✔Specific ways in which microorganism travel from the
reservoir to the susceptible host.
what are the methods of transmission? - ✔✔direct contact, indirect contact (vehicle borne,
vector borne, and airborne)
Define portal of entry - ✔✔any opening in the body; non-intact skin
define susceptible host - ✔✔person who is at risk for infection
What are the first lines of defense against infection? - ✔✔intact skin/mucosa membranes,
mouth, cilia of nasal passages, tears, GI, vagina and urine flow
What is the second line of defense against infection? - ✔✔inflammatory response and
symptoms
, What are the 3 stages of inflammatory response? - ✔✔1. vascular and cellular response
2. Exudate production
3. reparative phase
Define the 1st stage of inflammatory response - ✔✔vessel constriction quickly followed by
dilation, increase in vascular permeability and production/release of leukocytes
Define the 2nd stage of inflammatory response - ✔✔fibrinogen, thromboplastin and
platelets clump together
form a barrier to prevent additional harm/injury
EX: scab
define the 3rd stage of inflammatory response - ✔✔regeneration, granulation tissue and
fibrous tissue formation
EX: scar
What is the third line of defense against infection? - ✔✔active immunity
- natural and artifical
define active immunity - ✔✔host produces antibodies in response to natural antigens or
artificial antigens
define natural active immunity - ✔✔immunity from active infection
define artificial active immunity - ✔✔immunity from administered infections
define passive immunity - ✔✔host receives natural or artificial antibodies
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