Tissue that forms a covering or lining.
Letter: e
Belching or burping.
Expiratory Reserve Volume
A cleaning substance composed of one or more detergents and one or more enzymes that act to break down specific substances, such as proteins, lipids or carbohydrates. In a general sense, enzymes also catalyze or speed up chemical reactions.
Cleaning services within the hospital. Depending on the geographical region, may be referred to as Housekeeping or Custodial Services.
Remove a hazard or place a barrier between the worker and the hazard.
A breathing tube passed into the trachea through the mouth or nose.
Pyrogenic lipopolysaccharides from the cell wall of dead, primarily gram negative, bacteria capable of causing multiple local and systemic pathological sequela, including fever, complement activation, cell lysis, tissue inflammation, diarrhea, micro-thrombi formation, disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) and endotoxic shock. Although sterilization kills bacteria, it does not destroy endotoxin, thus sterile products (like gloves and cellulose products) can have high endotoxin levels. Although there are required maximum levels on intravascular devices and even much lower maximum levels for products that contact the central nervous system. There are no requirements for the gloves that handle them. Endotoxin is readily transferred from gloves to other surfaces or washed into wounds when in contact with blood, tissue fluids or sterile irrigation saline.
Physiologic response resulting from an influx of lipopolysaccharides from gram negative bacteria. There is a sudden outflow of fluid from the blood vessels resulting in blood pressure drop (hypotension), tachycardia and fever all leading to multiple organ failure (MOF).
A plug composed of a detached thrombus or discrete mass of something like bacteria, an air bubble, glob of fat, lint or other foreign body that occludes a vessel, catheter, etc.