Asepsis

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an infection acquired in a healthcare setting in a previously uninfected patient.

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Healthcare-associated infection (HAI)

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a microorganism capable of causing a disease

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Pathogen

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the absence of disease-causing organisms.

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Asepsis

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the effort to keep the patient as free from microorganisms as possible.

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Aseptic technique

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inhibits growth and spread of pathogenic organisms; in contrast to surgical asepsis which destroys all organisms and their spores.

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Medical asepsis

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medical asepsis is also called the

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clean technique

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the best way for health care workers to break that chain of infection that mode of transmission

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Hand Hygiene

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Some germs that alcohol can’t kill, which means you need to use soap and water- these germs are anything that has

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a spore

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washing hand with warm water and soaps/cleansers that contain an antiseptic agent that kills bacteria and some viruses

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Antiseptic hand wash

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this means you apply an antiseptic hand-rub product to all surfaces of your hands to reduce the number of microorganisms present

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Antiseptic hand rub

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Always wash hands with soap and water if exposed to spore-forming organisms such as

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C. difficile, Bacillus anthracis, or Norovirus

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is defined as the softening of skin as part of the process of skin tissue breaking down.

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Maceration

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Wash hands with nonantimicrobial soap or antimicrobial soap and water when hands are

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visibly soiled or contaminated with blood or body fluids.

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Use alcohol-based hand rub to perform hand hygiene when hands are

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not visibly soiled or contaminated with blood or body fluids.

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Used whenever the patient is known to have certain types of infections.

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Isolation Precautions

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used for: Patients infected with Multidrug-Resistant Organisms (MDRO’s)

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Contact Precautions

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Multidrug-Resistant Organisms
include

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Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA)
Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus (VRE)

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are organisms somewhat impervious to multiple antibiotics.

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Multidrug-Resistant Organisms

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used to remember airborne diseases:

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Airborne

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Measles, TB, Varicella(shingles, chicken pox)

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used to remember Droplet diseases:

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PIMP my ride, DROP the suspension

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Droplet diseases

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Pertussis, Influenza, Meningitis, Pneumonia

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are microscopic particles that are the dried residue of evaporated droplets that are produced when a person coughs, sneezes, or shouts.

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Droplet nuclei

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pathogens remain in the air a long time because of their lightweight and can be transmitted further than three feet from their source.

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Airborne

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CDC requires that patients with airborne infections be cared for in an

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airborne infection isolation room

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with a negative-pressure airflow (lower pressure than in the adjoining corridor; so that the flow of air is into the room rather than out of it)

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Private room

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For patients who have compromised immune systems, which makes them susceptible to infections caused by sources that wouldn’t infect people with a normally functioning immune system.

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Protective Environment

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are usually forbidden in Protective Environment, as they are highly colonized with bacteria.

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Flowers and plants

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Procedures designed to TOTALLY ELIMINATE microorganisms from an area.

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Surgical Asepsis

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Surgical Asepsis also called

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Sterile Technique

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an object that becomes clean is considered contaminated whenever an object is suspected of harboring disease-causing organisms.

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medical asepsis

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medical asepsis is also called

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clean technique

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When opening the outer packaging of a sterile object:

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-Place it in the center of the table
-Open the top flap away from you
-Touch only the outside of the wrapper
-Open the side flaps
-Then open the 4th flap toward you; making sure it does not touch your uniform.

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If this touches any unsterile article it is contaminated.

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inner surface

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The edges of a sterile field are considered contaminated. By convention, we usually consider “the edges” to be a __________ around the perimeter of the sterile field.

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one-inch border

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Order to safetly remove PPE

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1. Gloves 2. Goggles or face shield (remove from the back) 3. Gown (turn inside out) 4. Mask 5. wash hands

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5 moments of hand hygiene-

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• Moment 1 - Before touching a patient.
• Moment 2 - Before a procedure.
• Moment 3 - After a procedure or body fluid exposure risk.
• Moment 4 - After touching a patient.
• Moment 5 - After touching a patient’s surroundings

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a pathogen, such as a bacterium or a virus that can cause a disease

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Infectious agent

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site or source of microorganism growth

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Reservoir

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means by which microorganisms leave a site

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Portal of Exit

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means of spread

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Mode of Transmission

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site through which microorganisms enter a host

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Portal of Entry