Across
- 4. another term for transmission-based precautions
- 5. culture & sensitivity is performed __________ antibiotic therapy is initiated
- 6. airborne disease that requires use of N-95 respirator mask by staff & placement of patient in AIIR by
- 7. precautions which include hand hygiene, use of gloves, gown & mask, placing sharps in designated disposal container
- 8. normal defense against infection present in the respiratory tract
- 9. a person or animal that does not become ill, but harbors and spreads an organism causing disease in others
- 11. stage of the infectious process that is the interval between entrance of pathogen into body and appearance of first symptoms
- 12. primary reservoir of Escherichia coli
- 13. includes mucous membranes or open wound
- 16. type of microorganism that causes HIV, Hepatitis, & chicken pox
- 17. Coccidioidomycosis (valley fever) and histoplasmosis are examples of systemic __________ infections
Down
- 1. absence of pathogenic microorganisms
- 2. method used to kill all microorganisms, including spores
- 3. precautions used for Clostridium difficile, Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)
- 7. bacterium responsible for more diseases than any other organism
- 10. precautions used for patients with measles and varicella
- 14. bacteria that grow only in the absence of oxygen
- 15. infection caused by the patient's own normal microorganisms, which are transferred from one body site to another