Unit 3: Safety and Infection Control

category a

1

True or False:

Using alcohol-based hand rubs, such as hand sanitizer to wash your hands is considered hand-hygiene

TRUE

2

___means to put on PPE and ___means to take off PPE

Don and Doff

3

Name 5 types of PPE

Gloves, Gown, Mask, Goggles, Face Shield

4

These are microorganisms found in human blood that can cause infection and disease in humans.

Bloodborne pathogens

5

When are contact precautions used and what precautions need to be taken place?

When the patient is at risk of spreading an infection by direct contact with a person or object. The PBT needs to wear gown, gloves and wash hands.

cat b

1

It is my duty as a Phlebotomist to take ____ with every patient to ensure safety. This means I treat everyone like they are infected, wash my hands and wear gloves with every patient.

Standard Precautions

2

What is the best and most common way to break the chain of infection?

handwashing

3

Give YOUR OWN example of direct contact and indirect contact.

Direct contact happens when you directly touch an infected person or their secretions. Indirect contact happens when touch an object that is contaminated by an infected person, such as a needle, dressing, tissue or linen.

4

The objective of medical asepsis is to

to reduce the number of harmful pathogens to a safe level.

5

Name 4 ways a healthcare provider can help prevent the spread of infection

Proper handwashing

Handling specimens correctly

Maintaining high standards of cleanliness

Proper PPE

Do not expose patients to illnesses

cat c

1

How long should you wash your hands with soap and water?

30 seconds

2

The virus that causes HIV/AIDS would be considered which link in the chain of infection?

infectious agent

3

Name the three different types of reservoirs

human, animal, environmental

4

A phlebotomist forgot to properly don PPE before going into a patient's room who was on isolation for C.Diff. The phlebotomist washed his hands and donned gloves before and after drawing blood through venipuncture. Afterwards, he gets called to collect blood from another patient down the hall. Again, he washes his hands and dons gloves to complete the blood draw. The patient was so grateful that the stick was painless and proficient and reached up to give the Phlebotomist a hug. The phlebotomist left the room with a huge smile, happy to have pleased the patient. A few days later that same patient began to have nausea and diarrhea and was later diagnosed with C.diff. What kind of infection does the second patient now have?

Nosocomial or Healthcare acquired infection (HAI) caused by transmission due to lack of PPE

5

This agency makes rules to protect workers from hazards on the job

OSHA

cat d

1

This agency issues guidelines to protect and improve the health of individuals and communities.

CDC

2

Name 2 major bloodborne pathogens

HIV and AIDS

3

Name at least 5 different instances a health care worker should wash their hands

B/A...

4

List the six links in the chain of infection

What are infectious agent, reservoir, portal of exit, means of transmission, portal of entry, and susceptible host

5

Name 2 different types of infections and an example of each

exogenous, endogenous, nosocomial, opportunistic, industrial

cat e

1

The aim of surgical asepsis is to

to eliminate all living microorganisms

2

What setting is medical asepsis used in?

all medical settings

3

what type of disease has symptoms that appear suddenly and worsen quickly, then you get better fairly quickly?

acute

4

What type of infection lingers, sometimes forever, and can be transmitted to others?

chronic

5

What is the difference between engineering controls and workplace practice controls? What are they used for?

engineering: the way someting is designed

workplace practice: how the healthcare worker implements training and education

to keep hcw and patient as safe as possible