Medical Therapeutics
What does CDC do? – answer Recommends when, what, and how to use PPE
Name the types of PPE – answer Gloves, gowns, masks, respirators, goggles, face
shield
What is the sequence for donning PPE? – answer Gown first, mask/respirator, goggles,
face shield, gloves
Sequence for removing PPE? – answer Gloves, face shields/goggles, gown,
mask/respirator
What is standard precautions? – answer Assumes blood and bloody fluid of any patient
could be infectious.
Any organism too small to be seen by the unaided eye? – answer Microprganism
A disease causing microorganism? – answer Pathogen
Beneficial bacteria found in the body that create a barrier against pathogens? - answer
Normal flora
How does normal flora help fight invaders? - answerProduces substances that can
harm invaders and starve them by using up the resources pathogens need to live
The smallest infectious agent; many are disease causing - answerVirus
A single called organism that reproduces quickly and is a major cause of disease -
answerBacteira
Single called organisms found in soul and water most of which do not cause disease -
answerProtozoan
Organisms with a complex cell structure, most of which do not cause disease -
answerFungi
What are the 3 things microorganisms must have to grow? - answerProper temp, ph,
moisture level, darkness
The condition of being resistant to pathogens and the disease they cause -
answerImmunity
What does CDC do? – answer Recommends when, what, and how to use PPE
Name the types of PPE – answer Gloves, gowns, masks, respirators, goggles, face
shield
What is the sequence for donning PPE? – answer Gown first, mask/respirator, goggles,
face shield, gloves
Sequence for removing PPE? – answer Gloves, face shields/goggles, gown,
mask/respirator
What is standard precautions? – answer Assumes blood and bloody fluid of any patient
could be infectious.
Any organism too small to be seen by the unaided eye? – answer Microprganism
A disease causing microorganism? – answer Pathogen
Beneficial bacteria found in the body that create a barrier against pathogens? - answer
Normal flora
How does normal flora help fight invaders? - answerProduces substances that can
harm invaders and starve them by using up the resources pathogens need to live
The smallest infectious agent; many are disease causing - answerVirus
A single called organism that reproduces quickly and is a major cause of disease -
answerBacteira
Single called organisms found in soul and water most of which do not cause disease -
answerProtozoan
Organisms with a complex cell structure, most of which do not cause disease -
answerFungi
What are the 3 things microorganisms must have to grow? - answerProper temp, ph,
moisture level, darkness
The condition of being resistant to pathogens and the disease they cause -
answerImmunity
