Asepsis
The two types of asepsis
What is medical and surgical?
This is the number one way to stop the spread of infection
What is handwashing?
This is the correct order for donning PPE.
What is wash hands, gown, mask, goggles, gloves?
This is the primary difference between using transmission-based precautions and standard precautions.
What is when the HCW KNOWS what the patient has?
The room where HCWs don and doff their PPE prior to entering a patient's room.
What is the anteroom?
Medical asepsis is also known as this.
What is clean technique?
This is how long you should wash your hands to be considered clean.
What is 30 seconds?
This is the correct order for doffing PPE.
What is gloves, wash hands, goggles, gown, mask, wash hands?
This is the required PPE for contact precautions.
What are gown and gloves?
Assuming the pt is in airborne or droplet precautions, this is what the patient wears when being transported outside of an isolation room.
The process of removing MOST harmful pathogens.
What is disinfection?
When using hand gel, this is how the healthcare worker know that it has killed the microbes.
What is when it dries?
These are the two options in eye protection.
What are goggles and a face shield?
This is the required PPE for droplet precautions.
What is surgical mask and eye protection?
This is what a healthcare worker does to prepare a patient for isolation precautions.
What is put the sign on the door, PPE cart outside of the room, and any necessary medical equipment for that patient only?
The process of removing ALL microorganisms.
What is sterilization?
This is what healthcare workers assume about EVERY PATIENT when using standard precautions.
What is assuming everyone is infectious?
This is when a healthcare worker would use PPE.
What is anytime they can potentially come in contact with body fluids or something infectious?
This is the required for airborne precautions.
What is an N95 mask?
The correct term for putting two patients with the same illness in a room together.
What is cohorting?
This is the term that means "perfect"- meaning there are no microorganisms.
What is sterile?
The correct medical term for coming in contact with an infectious material at work.
What is occupational exposure?
This is how a HCW removes a gown.
What is untie the bottom, untie the top, reach under each shoulder area, pull off only touching the inside of the gown, roll away from you, discard?
List one infection for each of the 3 transmission-based precautions.
What is (contact)- MRSA, VRE, Scabies, Lice, Bed bugs, C.diff, (airborne)- chickenpox, measles, tuberculosis, (droplet)- flu/influenza, COVID?
These are the two times that a healthcare worker must physically wash their hands instead of using hand gel.
What is anytime they see something visibly soiled on their hands and when leaving an isolation room?