NURS 2050 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Beta-Lactamase, Benzathine Benzylpenicillin, Beta-Lactam
19 Jan 2017
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A state of tissue destruction resulting from invasion of microorganisms. Communicable can be transferred to another person. Can be prevented with hand washing, sterilization, universal precautions, airflow control, food handling, and isolation. Can be prevented with: covering potential entry points. Can be prevented with: recognition of high-risk patients, treatment of underlying diseases. Can be prevented with: sanitizing environment and antimicrobial drugs. Can be prevented with: hand washing, covering secretions, trash disposal. Prokaryotic cell: absence of a nucleus, has different proteins, cytoplasm, plasmid helps with antibiotic resistance, pili where bacterial sex happens and they conjugate information to each other, replicate through binary fission. 10% of our body mass is bacteria. Have a hard capsule, to make phagocytosis difficult. Make endospores which are very resistant that protect themselves to keep going. These spores will stick on your hand only way to get rid of spores is to wash. Aerobic and anaerobic, cultures and sensitivity swabs as well as blood cultures.
