Top Infection Flashcards

Infection is the invasion of a host organism's body tissues by disease causing agents, their multiplication and also, their reaction of host tissues to these organisms. Infections are caused by infectious agents such as viruses, viroids, and prions, microorganisms such as bacteria, nematodes such as roundworms and pinworms, arthropods such as ticks, mites, fleas, and lice, fungi such as ringworm, and other macroparasites such as tapeworms.

Did you know you can get infected just by not washing your hands? Do you understand the word infection in such a way that if you were to become infected with something, you would know that is what it was? Learn all about infections, and how to prevent yourself from animals and bugs that carry them with these flashcards!

Infection Control Exam

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True/FalseHep C Causes A Coinfection With Hep...

False

True/FalseAll Dental Assistants Who Have Eith...

False

True/FalseBoth Incoming And Outgoing Lab Case...

True

True/FalseThe Dental Assistant Must Always We...

True

The Anti-Infectives

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What Are Anti-infectives?

Drugs Designed To Target Invading Organisms T...

What Is Therapeutic Actions Of Anti-infective...

Goal Is To Interfere With Normal Function Of ...

What Is The Human Immune Response?

Goal Is To Reduce Population Of "bug" To Leve...

Describe Resistance.

Ability Of Infective Agent To Adapt To Antibi...

Pathogens, Exam 3, Upper Respiratory Tract Infections

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Streptococcal Pharyngitis Symptoms

Characterized By • Difficulty Swallowi...

Streptococcal Pharyngitis Causative Agen...

– Streptococcus Pyogenes• Gram-positive�...

Streptococcal PharyngitisPathogenesis

– Causes A Wide Variety Of Illnesses �...

Streptococcal PharyngitisEpidemiology

– Spread Readily By Respiratory Droplets•...

PREVENTING INFECTION CHAPTER 14

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Antibiotic

A Drug That Kills Microbes That Cause Infecti...

Asepsis

Being Free Of Disease-producing Microbes

Carrier

A Human Or Animal That Is A Resevoir For Micr...

Clean Technique

Medical Asepsis

Chapter 11 - Preventing Infection

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Asepsis

Being Free Of Disease-producing Microbes

Biohazarus Waste

Items Contaminated With Blood, Bodily Fluids,...

Carrier

A Human Or Animal That Is A Reservoir For Mic...

Clean Technique Medical Asepsis

Practices Used To Remove Or Destroy Pathogens...