2024 CNA - Chapter 5 | Questions & Answers (Solved) With 100% Verified Answers
- Clean
Answer: in healthcare objects that have not been contaminated with pathogens
- Dirty
Answer: in healthcare objects that have been contaminated with pathogens
- healthcare associated infection
Answer: infections that patients acquire within health-care settings that result from treatment for other conditions
- infection
Answer: occurs when pathogens invade the body and multiply
- infection control
Answer: measures practiced in healthcare facilities to prevent andcontrol the spread of disease
- localized infection
Answer: an infection that is confined to a specific location in the body
- medical asepsis
Answer: the process of removing pathogens, or the state of being freeof pathogens
- microorganisms or microbes
Answer: tiny living thing that cannot be seen with out amicroscope
- pathogen
Answer: a harmful microorganism
- surgical asepsis
Answer: the state of being free from all microorganisms not justpathogens
- systemic infection
Answer: an infection that is in the bloodstream and is spreadthroughout the body
- a is a pathogen or microorganism that causes disease
Answer: -causative agent 1 / 2
- a is a place where a pathogen lives and grows
Answer: reservoir
- an opening on an infected person that lets pathogens leave is a
Answer: portal of exit
- pathogens travel from one person to another through a mode of
Answer: -transportation
- the is an opening on an infected person that lets
thepathogens enter
Answer: portal of entry
- a host is an uninfected person who could get sick
Answer: susceptible
- [T or F] the elderly have a higher risk for infection than younger people
Answer: true
- [T or F] it is normal for a persons immune system to grow weaker as he orshe
ages
Answer: true
- [T or F] blood circulation is increased as a person ages
Answer: false
- [T or F] limited mobility increases the risk of pressure sores among theelderly
Answer: true
- [T or F] nutrition and fluid intake play no part in helping prevent infection-
Answer: false
- [T or F] the elderly are less likely than younger people to have healthcare
associated infections
Answer: false
- [T or F] infections are less dangerous in the elderly than in youngerpeople
Answer: false
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