Transport Mechanisms
What is the process that uses hydrostatic pressure to remove fluid?
Ultrafiltration
What is Hyperkalemia?
How does high potassium affect the body?
High Potassium
Irregular heartbeat and muscle weakness
Why is it important for the patient care technician to closely monitor the blood pressure and weight of the patient with Acute Kidney Injury?
Hypovolemia and hypotensive episodes can cause renal ischemia and can further damage the kidneys.
We can NOT care for HBsAg ______ patients at the same time as Hepatitis B ______ patients.
positive, susceptible
According to policy and procedure, how should gowns be worn?
Fully snapped up (or tied at the neck and waist) and wrists covered
Fluid moves from an area of lower concentration to an area of high concentration. What is this process called?
Osmosis
What does your role in CKD-MBD management include?
Reminding the patient who is eating a snack during dialysis to take his phosphate binder
What are the most common causes of CKD in the United States?
Diabetes, Hypertension, Polycystic Kidney Disease.
When washing your hands you should cover hands and wrists with lather and wash vigorously for how many seconds?
At least 20 Seconds
Per the CDC, what is the most frequent infectious complication for patients who dialyze with a CVC?
Bacterial vascular access infections
What is the process whereby solutes are dragged across a semipermeable membrane with fluid?
Convection
What does your role in anemia management include?
Rinsing back as much of the patient’s blood as you can at the termination of each treatment
Why is knowing what caused your patients’ CKD important?
Because the underlying disease could cause health complications that can impact the dialysis treatment
When is hand hygiene performed?
Upon entering the treatment room, before gloving, after removal of gloves, after contamination with blood or other infectious material, after patient and delivery system contact, between patients even if the contact is casual, before touching clean areas such as supplies and before leaving the treatment area.
Contact transmission is the most important route infections are spread.
Contact transmission is defined as what?
Transmission of microorganisms through healthcare worker's hands
Particles move from high solute concentration to lower solute concentration. What is this process called?
Diffusion
Environmental surfaces are cleaned with an appropriate disinfectant such as a ______
1:100 bleach solution
What is one method surveyors use to verify infection control training and education?
Documentation of infection control training in teammate’s file or transcript
What substance helps regulate acid/base balance in the body?
Bicarbonate
For visible blood or gross blood spills, a _____ bleach solution must be utilized
1:10