Understanding Wound Care and Healing Process
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What characterizes a clean-contaminated wound?

  • Accidental wounds with dead tissue and pus drainage
  • Open, fresh, accidental wounds with evidence of inflammation
  • Minimal inflammation and primarily closed wounds
  • Entry into the respiratory, alimentary, genital, or urinary tract without infection (correct)

    • What is the definition of a wound?

  • An injury to the internal organs
  • A break in the muscle
  • A tear in the bone
  • A disruption in the integrity of the skin (correct)

    • Which type of wound healing occurs with clean-edged lacerations or surgical incisions?

  • Secondary intention
  • Primary intention (correct)
  • Open wound healing
  • Tertiary intention

    • Which type of wound occurs unintentionally?

    <p>Fracture in the arm during a road traffic accident (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What type of wound includes old, accidental wounds containing dead tissue and evidence of infection?

    <p>Dirty or infected wounds (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the definition of asepsis?

    <p>The freedom from disease causing microorganism (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the difference between medical asepsis and surgical asepsis?

    <p>Medical asepsis confines microorganisms to a specific area, while surgical asepsis destroys microorganisms and spores (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Where do microorganisms exist according to the text?

    <p>On body surfaces such as the skin, intestinal tract, and other areas open to the outside (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is sepsis?

    <p>The condition in which acute organ dysfunction occurs secondary to infection (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the definition of disease?

    <p>A detectable alteration in normal tissue function (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the main purpose of aseptic technique?

    <p>To limit the number, growth, and transmission of microorganisms (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the definition of sepsis?

    <p>The condition in which acute organ dysfunction occurs secondary to infection (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does surgical asepsis refer to?

    <p>Practices that keep an area or an object free of all microorganisms (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the characteristic of a clean-contaminated wound?

    <p>It involves minimal break in aseptic technique (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Where do many microorganisms exist according to the text?

    <p>On body surfaces such as the skin and in lower urinary tract (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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