HARTMAN'S NURSING ASSISTANT CARE: THE BASICS 6TH EDITION

HARTMAN'S NURSING ASSISTANT CARE: THE BASICS 6TH EDITION QUESTIONS AND CORRECT VERIFIED ANSWERS PPE - Answer equipment that helps protect employees from serious workplace injuries or illnesses resulting from contact with workplace hazards Sterilization - Answer cleaning measure that destroys all microorganisms, including pathogens Disinfection - Answer a process that destroys most, but not all, pathogens; it reduces the pathogen count to a level that is considered not infectious Blood borne pathogens - Answer microorganisms found in human blood, body fluid, draining wounds, and mucous membranes that cause infection and disease in humans MRSA (methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus) - Answer bacteria (Staphylococcus aureus) that have developed resistance to the antibiotic methicillin myocardial infarction (MI) - Answer a condition that occurs when the heart muscle does not receive enough oxygen because blood vessels are blocked; also called a heart attack Cyanotic - Answer pertaining to a blue or purple discoloration due to deoxygenated blood emesis - Answer the act of vomiting Dyspnea - Answer difficulty breathing causative agent - Answer a pathogenic microorganism that causes disease susceptible host - Answer an uninfected person who could get sick reservoir - Answer a place where a pathogen lives and multiplies