1.2 Clinical Safety Flashcards
What is standard precautions
The safest way to avoid infecting yourself or spreading infections from one patient to another is to assume that all patients and their bodily fluids are infectious
Hand hygiene of all the methods used to prevent infection handwashing is the most effective and therefore the most important. Handwashing must be performed correctly it at the right times to prevent and control the spread of infection when should you wash your hands?
if you know or can see that your hands are dirty or contaminated, before going home or on break, when entering a patient’s room or the draw lab before gloving, and after the procedure following glove removal.
In many clinical facilities what is available in patients rooms and hallways?
Hand sanitizer but it is never as effective as washing with soap and water hand sanitizer should be between 60% and 95% alcohol and should be ready between hands until completely dry in order to be effective
What are the steps to proper handwashing
Remove jewelry, watches, rings and other jewelry from the hands and wrists. Position your body close enough to keep hands under the faucet, but so that your body does not come into contact with the sink or counter. With both hands under running water that is warm as you can stand. Apply in lather so by rubbing hands together for at least 15 seconds. Rinse under the running water so that water runs from your wrist to your fingertips. Apply in leather soap for another 15 seconds. Using a clean paper towel dry hands. Turn off the faucet using another clean, dry paper towel.
Define personal protective equipment PPE
Acts as a barrier between the medical professional and the patient for protection of both typically, nonsterile latex or non-latex gloves are the only the only PPE worn during the venipunture
What does the PPE include
Gowns, facemask, or eyewear may be worn since gloves are generally the only personal protective equipment required for phlebotomy
Define infectious waste
Any piece of equipment that has been directly exposed to a patient’s blood could pose a risk of infection and therefore considered infectious waste this includes all needles, syringe us, and evacuated to use in the collection procedure.
Should you recap a used needle?
No! You should never recap a used needle or throw a shark piece of sharp equipment away in a normal trash bin. Doing so exposes you and others to the risk of infection
Is there a separate safety shield on every phlebotomy needle?
Yes, there is a separate safety shield on every phlebotomy needle that covers the sharp end to reduce the risk of needle stick the safety feature should be engaged as soon as the needle is no longer being used
What is a spillproof, hard sided container made of polypropylene plastic called?
Sharps container
What are sharks containers labeled with
Infectious waste for regulated medical waste and it will have the international biohazard symbol on them the official color of biohazard containers or notices are red
A patient in isolation is either at an increased risk of?
Infection, or poses an increased risk of infection to others
If a patient is in isolation what will you notice first?
There will be a clearly visible sign outside their room to alert visitors in staff of the risk and established infection prevention measures
If a patient is in isolation because he or she is highly contagious, all materials and equipment that are taken into the room should be?
Left in the room and disposed of in the proper provide containers.
If the patient’s condition requires healthcare workers to wear additional personal protective equipment to prevent infection where would this equipment be
It would be available immediately outside the patients door it should be put on before entering the patient’s room
Define infections
Can occur through direct contact through the air through the contact of bodily fluids and even indirectly through contact with a nonliving surface that has been contaminated called fomite
Example of strict complete Isolation and why
Patient has a contagious disease that can be spread via air or direct contact examples are Measels is staph infection
Example of droplet isolation And why
Patient has contagious disease that can be spread it via droplets of mucus examples pertussis and meningitis TB, Ebola
Examples of blood and bodily fluids precaution and why
Patient has an infection that may be transmitted via bodily fluids examples are HIV, hep C, and dysentery
Examples of respiratory isolation and Y
Patient has an infection that can be transmitted through exhaled particles examples are tuberculosis and whooping cough
Examples of contact isolation and why
Patient has an infection that can be spread it through direct contact examples are skin and wound infection
Example of reverse isolation and Why
If the patient is susceptible to infection examples are transplant patients immune compromised patients and burn victims
Who is the FDA food and drug administration
A federal agency that oversees the regulations of drugs and the claims made by pharmaceutical companies.
Who is the cdc Center for disease control and prevention
A federal agency under the department of health and human services that is responsible for monitoring occupational safety and help in providing education and standards for the public health
Who is OSHA occupational safety and health administration
A federal agency under the department of labor. OSHA set guidelines for workplace safety and employee training to reduce workplace accidents
