Nursing 2230A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Pressure Ulcer, Infection Control, Asepsis
6 Jan 2018
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Outline: microorganisms, risk and spread of infection, barriers and facilitators, part ii week 11. Inflammation of lung parenchyma that is caused by a microbial agent: leading cause of death from infection, treated on inpatient and outpatient basis, cause, community acquired & hospital acquired, aspiration. Infectious disease: localized vs. systemic, host interacts immunologically with an organism but remains symptom free. Infectious disease host displays a decline in wellness due to the infection. Barriers & facilitators: consider the multiple factors, system & individual, that influence whether illness/sickness develops. Preventing infection: nosocomial (50% >1 wk icu, ppe. Orga(cid:374)is(cid:373)s are prese(cid:374)t o(cid:374) the patie(cid:374)t"s ski(cid:374), or ha(cid:448)e bee(cid:374) shed o(cid:374)to inanimate objects: 2. Organisms must be transferred to the hands of hcws: 3. Organisms must be capable of surviving for at least several minutes o(cid:374) hcws" ha(cid:374)ds: 4. Handwashing or hand antisepsis by the hcw must be inadequate or entirely omitted, or the agent used for hh inappropriate: 5.
