Terminology
Without infections/Techniques used to block infections
What is ASEPSIS?
Examples of PPE (PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPTMENT)
The type of precaution used when dealing with blood or bodily fluids
What is HANDWASHING?
3 signs of infection include
Fever, chills, swelling, drainage from a wound, sore throat, runny nose, congestion, nausea, vomitting, diarrhea.
What is a LOCALIZED infection?
Infection that affects the entire body. An example is the flu
What is a SYSTEMIC INFECTION?
What is TRANSMISSION-BASED PRECAUTIONS?
The removal of all microorganisms and the use of an autoclave to sterilize is what type of asepsis
What is SURGICAL ASEPSIS?
Body's first line of defense
What is SKIN?
Harmful microbe
What is a PATHOGEN?
Agent
What is Germs/Pathogens/First link in the infection prevention chain
1) If a patient was on CONTACT PRECAUTIONS how would the disease be spread?
2) If a patient was on CONTACT PRECAUTIONS what PPE would be worn
1) What is spread by CONTACT with the person or items in their room?
2) What is Gloves, Gown, possibly hair covering?
When should you wash your hands
What is before entering a patient room, after providing care, after the removal of gloves, when they are visibly soiled?
Purell can be used instead of soap and water unless it's an isolation room or hands are visibly soiled.
What your nose contains which blocks out pathogens
What is MUCUS?
What is CONTAMINATED?
Equiptment used to sterilize objects
What is an AUTOCLAVE?
2) Type of PPE worn for a patient on DROPLET PRECAUTIONS
1) What is RESPIRATORY DROPLETS?
2) What is Gown, Gloves, Surgical face mask?
The steps to washing your hands
What is
1)Turn on water (hot and cold- approx 105 degrees)
2)Test water with forearm
3)Wet hands
4) Apply soap
5) Use friction to scrub all surfaces including nails, thumbs, and wrists
6) Rinse soap by pointing fingers downward
7) Dry hands with paper towel
8) Turn water off with paper towel
Cells responsible for creating antibodies
What is B cells?
A pathogen that has become resistant to common antibiotics; for example MRSA or VRE
What is CONTACT, DROPLET, AIRBORNE?
1) If a patient is on AIRBORNE PRECAUTIONS how is the diease spread?
2) Type of PPE worn
1) Very small respiratory particles that stay suspended in the air.
2) Gown, gloves, N-95 mask, face shield or googles.
The reduction of microorganisms through handwashing and clean technique
What is MEDICAL ASEPSIS?
1) Autoimmune diseases
2) Allergies
3) Rejection of Transplants
4)Opportunistic infections (getting frequent illnesses because of a weakened immune system such as with AIDS)