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Clinic Lab 1- Exam 1

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Modes of Transmission
1. Contact
2. Vehicle
3. Airborne
4. Vectorborne
Contact Transmission
1. Direct- person to person
2. Indirect- object to person
3. Droplet- droplets (sneeze, cough, talk, breathe) to person
Vehicle Transmission
disease transmitted through contaminated items (food, water, blood, body substances)
Airborne Transmission
disease transmitted through contaminated, widely dispersed air/dust particles
Vectorborne Transmission
disease carried by infected insect/animal
Environmental Infection Control
1. cleaning
2. disinfection
3. sterilization
Cleaning
removing gross contamination
Disinfection
killing some germs (hospital grade disinfectant)
Sterilization
killing 100% of vegetative microorganisms and their endospores 100% of the time
When to disinfect
1. non critical items (no contact w blood or mucous)
2. work surfaces
3. toys
When to sterilize
1. critical items: have been in contact with blood or mucous
Purpose of otoscopy
determine physical status of pinna, EAC, and TM/ determine probe tip size
Microtia
abnormally small pinna
Anotia
absence of pinna
Atretic
absence of EAC opening
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