Blood Borne Pathogens
This is a foundational infection control practice introduced by the CDC to prevent transmission of blood borne pathogens.
What is Universal Precautions.
This is considered a normal BP reading.
What is less than 120/80?
This reduces the number of bacteria on the hands and prevents the spread of microorganisms from health care personnel to patients.
What is hand hygiene?
The process of removing any debris and contamination from a surface.
What is cleaning?
The 3 categories of dental instruments and equipment.
What are non-critical, semi-critical, and critical?
Gloves, eyewear, masks, and gowns are considered this?
Blood pressure is taken on.
Who is any patient receiving local anesthetic regardless of age?
In accordance with CDC guidelines, hand hygiene includes use of soap and running water and this.
What is alcohol based hand sanitizer?
What is disinfection?
Items that penetrate skin or mucous membranes and have the highest risk of transmitting infection.
What are critical care items?
All human blood and other potentially infectious body fluids are treated as they have.
What is HBV,HCV,HIV and other bloodborne pathogens?
If BP has a diastolic reading of greater than 100 after taking it 3 times what happens.
What is patient is treatment is either rescheduled or treatment is continued at the discretion of the provider?
Used prior to starting a procedure, when hands are visibly soiled or contaminated with body fluids, after using the restroom, before eating, after 10-15 uses of alcohol based hand sanitzer.
What is soap and water?
This level of disinfection is used to disinfect a dental operatory.
These instruments must be scrubbed prior to being placed in the ultra-sonic.
What are surgical instruments?
This is used to prevent blood and other potentially infectious material from passing through or contacting employees, work, street clothes, skin, eyes, or mouth.
What is PPE?
This is considered stage 1 hypertension.
What is 130-139/or80/90?
This may be used before donning gloves, preparing or handling sterile products or medications, after handling laboratory specimen, after contact with inanimate objects in immediate vicinity of patient.
What is alcohol-based hand sanitizer?
This is the method used to clean and disinfect.
Bags are placed this way in the autoclave?
What is paper side down?
These must be replaced after each patient, when contaminated, torn, or punctured.
What are gloves?
A systolic reading greater than 180 is?
What is hypertension crisis?
Metro Dental's specific hand policy states hands are to be washed with soap and water when?
This is the typical kill time for disinfectants.
What is 3 minutes or whatever the MFU says?
When can the unwrapped cycle on the Statim be used?
What is when the instrument will be used immediately following the cycle?