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Infection Control (PCT EXAM)
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Infection Control (PCT EXAM)
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Infection Control (PCT EXAM)Droplet (precautions) - -required for patient's who have infections that
spread via droplets that are longer than 5 microns in diameter
-examples of droplet precautions - -influenza, mumps, respiratory infections
-What equipment is necessary for droplet precautions? - -mask
-Airborne (precautions) - -required for patients who have infections that
spread via droplets that are smaller than 5 microns in diameter
-examples of Airborne precautions - -varicella, tuberculosis, measles,
chickenpox
-what equipment is necessary for airborne precautions? - -mask, gloves,
eye wear, shoe cover, gown, head cover, and respirator
-infectious agent - -a pathogen, such as a bacterium or virus that can cause
a disease
-reservoir - -a person or thing that can easily pass on a disease
-portal of entry - -a way for the causative agent to enter a new reservoir or
host
-portal of exit - -any body opening on an infected person that allows
pathogens to leave (any body opening (mouth, nose, ears...)
-mode of transmission - -a way that the causative agent can be transmitted
to another reservoir or host where it can live
-susceptible host - -a person likely to get an infection or disease, usually
because body defenses are weak
-example of reservoir - -person or animal
-example of portal of exit - -person sneezes or coughs
-example of mode of transmission - -person sneezes or coughs on a pencil
or on their hand
-example of portal of entry - -a child chews on the pencil or touches the
infected hand and sucks their fingers
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