MCB 2004C Quiz: Exam 4 Study Guide - Chapters 12, 13, 14 and 15
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Those that c) are present or incubating at the time of hospital admission. Iatrogenic infection: results from medical treatment caused by a surgeon, physician, etc. Bloodstream infections: name the two diseases that are linked to c. difficile in the hospital. Be able to identify them as gram-positive and negative: enterococcus faecium (vre) gram positive. Staphylococcus aureus (mrsa) gram positive: klebsiella pneumonia gram negative, acinetobacter baumannii gram negative. Pseudomona aeruginosa gram negative: enterobacter spp. Limit use of vancomycin (drug of last resort: many bacteria are resistant today (vre) Treatment with steroids, anticancer drugs, antilymphocyte drugs, radiation. Paralyzed, renal dialysis patients: name the most important measure to decrease the spread of nosocomial pathogens. Joseph lister: used antisepsis and asepsis techniques; used phenol (carbolic acid) as an antiseptic to reduce contamination; steam sterilization of instruments. Ignaz semmelweis: father of hand washing, babies had puerperal fever (s. pygoenes); Wash hands with chlorinated lime: differentiate between medical and surgical asepsis.