Asepsis - Exam 1 Flashcards
Medical asepsis
- clean technique
- practices to confine or limit growth of contamination or spread
Alcohol
Chlorhexidine
Hydrogen peroxide
These are used in what asepsis procedure
Medical
Surgical asepsis
Sterile techniques
- practices that keep areas free of organisms
Sterile technique
Strict use of STERILE gloves and STERILE supplies
Modified sterile
Use of exam gloves and parts of sterile equipment
Clean technique
Use of clean hands via hygiene or exam gloves, clean supplies
Know what is - and what is -
Clean; dirty
Only a sterile object can touch
Another sterile object
What is contaminated on a sterile field
The one inch border
Why is time management so important during a sterile procedure
Air
What do we avoid during surgical asepsis
Talking, coughing, sneezing
What do we NEVER do with a sterile field or object?
Reach across
Never - away or turn - on sterile field
Walk; back
Tables are sterile only at
Waist level
Where do we keep are hands after we have sterile gloves on?
In view or at or above waist level
If we spill something on a sterile field what has happen to the field ?
Contaminated
Where are sterile items stored?
Clean, dry, surfaces
True or false - sterile items expire?
True
If you have doubt of a break in sterility what should we consider ?
That the object is contaminated
If you see someone contaminate a sterile field what should we do?
Make it known- protect your patient!
When a sterile item is packaged up what is sterile?
The inside ONLY
Sterile only touches *****
Sterile
We can only handle sterile equipment with
Sterile gloves on
What should we determine before we start a procedure
Latex allergy
Antiseptic allergy