NURSE-3101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Sharps Waste, Avocado, Genitourinary System
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Gm (+)/gm (-); aerobic vs. anaerobic: virus, fungus, parasite, potential to produce disease. Number of organisms; virulence (ability to cause disease); immune competence; length, intimacy of contact with organism: new disease vs. endemic. Occurs with predictability in one specific region or population: colonization. Organism present but no clinical signs of infection. Reservoir: natural habitat of the organism, carrier. Person infected with the disease who does not exhibit any disease manifestations; can transmit disease to others: human host. Staphylococcus aureus; hepatitis b; hiv; tuberculosis: animal host. Rabies (dog, squirrel, bat); west nile virus (bird): other reservoirs. Portal of exit: point of escape for the organism from the reservoir, common portals of exit from human host. Touching a contaminated instrument or bacteria on the nurse"s: fomite scrubs. Non-human carrier that transmits organisms from an infected host by injecting salivary fluid when a human bite occurs. Mosquitoes, ticks; bubonic plague transmitted by flea bite.
