2. is transmitted from one person to
another
Diseases which can be caused by
living organism which can be either
infectious or contagious.
3. easily be transmitted from one person
to another by direct and indirect
contact.
disease that cannot be transmitted
easily and transmitted through a break
on the skin or break on the mucous
membrane.
4. person to person transmission through
physical contact droplet infection.
Mouth to mouth contact
Genitals to genitals
Skin to skin contact
articles contaminated with the
secretions of the patient.
12. is a person or animal known
to have been in such association with an
infected person or animal as to have had
the opportunity of acquiring the infection.
A person whose medical
history and symptoms suggest that he may
have or be developing some communicable
diseases.
13. medical history with diagnostic
test
reveals he has
having the disease.
person who without apparent
symptoms of a C.D. harbours this specific
infectious agent and may serve as a source
of infection.
14. it indicates the potential of the
disease conveyance of the agent to a
host
are arthropod or other
invertebrate that conveys agent from a
person or animal to another person or
animal
15. it indicates the potential of the
disease conveyance of the agent to a
host
via
contaminated or infected arthropods
such as flies, mosquitoes and others.
16. 1. Incubation Period – the time interval
between the first exposure to the
appearance of the first s/s
-premonition of
an impending attack of a disease.
3. Period of Illness – patient actually
manifesting the s/s of the disease
4. Decline s/s subside
5. 5.Convalescent the symptoms return to
17. 1. To prevent the spread of the disease
2. To control the disease
separation of articles or
discharges coming from infected
person based on the period of
communicability.
the
time interval when the body is still
discharging the micro-organism.
18. observe for highly
contagious disease
protect the patient
from other because they have lowered
resistance.
separate
the discharges coming from the skin and
wound.
19. Limitation on the freedom of movement
based on the longest incubation period.
20. limitation of
freedom of movements of such well persons
or domestic animals as have been exposed
to CD for a period of time equal to the
longest usual incubation period of the
disease in such manner as to have prevent
effective contact with those not so exposed.
21. is selective
partial limitation of freedom of movements
of persons or domestic animals commonly
on the basis of known or presumed
differences in susceptibility or sometimes
because of danger of disease transmission.
22. is the practice of close
supervision of contacts for the purpose of
prompt recognition of infection or illness but
without restricting their movements.
is the separation for
special consideration control observation of
some part of a group of persons or of
domestic animals from the others .
23. destruction of pathogenic
microorganism either through physical or
chemical means.
done when the body is
still the source of infection.
done when the body is no
longer the source of infection.
destruction of
undesirable animals.
24. the pathogens
must be destroyed as it lives the
body
Handwashing
Placarding
the
pathogens must be destroyed
before it reaches the body
25. invasion of the body tissue by pathogenic
microorganism which multiply and produce
the s/s of disease.
26. when infection are
transmitted from one patient to another
owing their close proximity or to
carelessness by the staff.
It is superimposed
second infection when one is already
present.
27. 1. Age of the patient
2. Previous health of the patient
3. Duration of the patient’s stay in the
hospital.
28.
29. ability of
microorganism to invade the body
tissues proliferated thus causing
infection
period where a certain
micro organism invade the patient.
the return of disease after it
has already stopped.
characteristic of a
disease
30. occurring within a
hospital
appearance of rash
when the eruption occurs on the
mucous membrane
eruption occurs ont he
skin.
31. this is a localization of
the disease of one point of the body.
spread of disease
throughout the body by the blood stream.
32. poisonous product s of bacteria
growing in a focal/local site had been
distributed throughout the body producing
thereby generalized symptoms.
organism that are present
and multiplying in the blood stream.
indicates merely the
presence of bacteria in blood stream and
detectable in blood culture.
33.
34. presence of
pathogenic agent on a body surface or in
an inanimate articles or substance.
study of the causes of
disease.
study of the
distribution and causation of disease
35. substance which is
capable of producing antibodies in the
body tissues or fluids.
a specific substance
produced in the tissues of man or animal
in response to the introduction of an
antigen into the body.
a substance found in
the blood serum and other body fluids
which is specifically antagonistic to some
specific toxin
36. the condition of being secure against
any particular disease specifically the
power which a living organism
possesses to resist and overcome
infection.
37. is s state of
resistance to infection inherent in the body
tissue which was not brought about through
a previous attack of the disease nor by
artificial methods of immunization the body
cells are capable of producing immune
substance or antibodies.
either active
or Passive
38. may
result from exposure to:
1. Previous attack of disease
2. Active Immunity may be produced by
artificial means through the infection
of antigen and resultant production of
antibodies.
3. Repeated exposure to doses of an
organism
is dependent on
the presence in the blood of immune
substances not produced by the persons
own body cells.
39. is the intermittent of
a few isolated and unrelated cases in a
given locality.
A disease which is continuously
present in a certain community or place.
Occurrence of disease
worldwide
Occurrence in certain places
affecting many persons for a limited period
of time.
40.
41. 1. Wash hands immediately after contact
with each patient and after every contact
with material may be contaminated or
potentially infectious.
2. Requirement of gown mask from the pt.
with CD.
3. Elimination of contaminated items
42. 4. Handles needles, syringes with extreme
care
5. Handle bed linens and fomites with care.
6. Autoclaving of all contaminated items.
7. Proper isolation.
