Infection Control and Asepsis NU Cheat Sheet

by rach15 via cheatography.com/127377/cs/24785/

Chain of Infection Don and doff types of infection Stage of Illness

Infectious agent don doff Local Syst​emic Incubation asympt​omatic

gown gloves erythema fever Period
Chain of Infection Prodromal Immune system
mask eyewear warmth lympha​den​‐
infectious Microo​rga​nisms opathy Period becomes activated
eyewear gown
agent Period of rash and other
gloves mask edema fatigue
reservoir where the Illness symptoms start...s​‐
pain bacter​emi​a/s​‐
pathogens multiply pecific to the
Contact Precau​tions epsis
disease process
portal of how an infectious
multidrug MRSA VRE purulent hypote​nsion*
exit agent leave a Period of recovery
resistant exudate
reservoir (GI or Conval​‐
organisms Purulent exudate: fluid that leaks
respir​atory tract) escnce
RSV Respir​atory from inflamed cells
mode of Direct and indirect|
skin infections Hypote​nsion is a result of sepsis airborne precau​tions
transm​‐ contact droplet (D),
d/t shock
ission airborne, vehicle wound infections requires a pt wears
born, vector born (I) enteric C diff negative surgical mask
Droplet Precau​tions
portal of opening in skin infections pressure outside of room
scarlet fever room
entry eye infections
strep PPE gown gloves
host virulence depends varicellis specif​ically
on genetics and parvovirus fifth disease and N95
zoster when it causes
other factors such shingles influenza Measles
as age, nutrition, diphtheria infects respir​atory SARS
cutaneous when it affects
disease, and stress tract
diphtheria only skin small pox
Virulence: how able is it to herpes simplex epiglo​titis chickenpox
produce disease
imeptigo crusty pustule rubella german measles TB
zoonosis: transm​ission from a
around mouth mumps
vertebrate animal to a human
pedicu​losis lice. Wear hair meningitis Lab Values
Fomites: inanimate non-living
cap neutro​phils 55-70%
objects (paper) mycoplasma pneumonia
scabies lympho​cytes 20-40%
adenovirus
If a pt is placed on contact monocytes 2-8%
droplets must be 5-10 microns
precau​tions, the correct PPE is
range is 3 feet eosino​phils 1-4%
gown and gloves. all surfaces
wear gloves and a surgical mask basophils 0.5-1%
are considered contam​inated.
pt must wear surgical mask
no paper in or out of the room
outside of room

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