A10: Infection prevention and control in health specific settings. Flashcards
Give some techniques for infection control
Frequent hand washing with warm water and soap.
Hands can pass on infection and pick up and transfer germs from one place to another.
Give some uses of PPE.
Protects workers when carrying out specific tasks that could include meeting infectious materials.
PPE should be worn if their is a risk of coming into conduct with bodily fluids.
Contact with an open wound or cut
Handling harmful substances.
What is the use of cleaning and disinfecting agents?
Cleaning will remove contamination and many microorganisms using detergent to clean and then disinfection takes place.
When using cleaning or disinfecting agents, what should be ensured?
Following the instructions of use for dilution
Wear PPE
Ensure adequate ventilation
Not adding anything to the disinfectant
Discard solution after use
Not top up solutions of disinfection with anything.
What are the five moments of hand hygiene?
- Before patient contact
- Before a clean/aseptic procedure
- After body fluid exposure risk
- After patient contact
Why is hand hygiene so important?
It prevents control of disease, infection as a result of illness and removes bacteria picked up on the hands.
How can cross infection occur?
Healthcare workers clothes
Unwashed hands
Droplets of infection
Inadequately sterilised equipment.
What was introduced to ensure good hand hygiene?
Ayliffe hand washing techniques.
What should healthcare workers do to prevent spread of infection?
Cover cuts with waterproof dressings to prevent harmful bacteria
Keep their arms bare below the elbow
Remove wrist or hand jewellery
Keep nails short and clean
Not wear nail polish
Avoid acrylic/artificial nails that can harbour micro-organisms.
Give the hand washing techniques
- Wet hands with water
- Apply enough soap to cover hand surfaces
- Rub hands palm to palm
- Right palm over the back of the other hand with interlaced fingers and vice versa
- Palm to palm fingers interlaced
- Back of fingers opposing palms with fingers interlaced
- Rotational rubbing of left thumb clasped in right palm and vice versa
- Rotational rubbing, backwards and forwards with clasped fingers of right hand in left palm and vice versa
- Rinse hands with water
- Dry thoroughly with towel
- Use elbow to turn off tap.
How can good hygiene be practiced?
Washing body and hair regularly to prevent build-up of dirt and sweat to prevent smell.
Wearing clean uniform
Cleaning teeth means healthy teeth and less chance of bad breath
Covering mouth and nose when coughing and sneezing
Maintaining short, neat and clean nails.
Sharps bin with purple lid
Sharps used to administer cytotoxic drugs e.g cancer treatments.
Red clinical waste bin
Body parts, organs, blood bags and blood preserves
Sharps bin with yellow lid
Sharps and syringe bodies with residual medicinal products
Yellow waste bags
Highly infectious waste plus anatomical waste
