Handwashing Flashcards
Father of hand hygiene
Ignaz Semmelweis
Miasmas
crimean war
Florence Nightingale
Asceptic surgery
Disinfection and sterilization
Joseph Lister
In 1857, ______, of pasteurization fame, raised awareness of pathogens, and how to kill them with heat.
Louis Pasteur
In 1876, the German scientist ____ discovered the anthrax bacillus, kicking off the new research field of medical bacteriology. Cholera, tuberculosis, diphtheria and typhoid bacilli were subsequently identified.
Robert Koch
_____ is the single most important measure for preventing the spread of infection
Hand Hygiene
Professor Didier PittetDeep seated
Medical history essenial hygiene
Deep seated
Difficult to remove
Part of body’s natural defense mechanism
Associated with infection following surgery/invasive procedures
Resident flora
SuperficialTransferred with ease to and from hands Important cause of cross infection Easily removed with good hand hygiene.
TRANSIENT FLORA:
SuperficialTransferred with ease to and from hands Important cause of cross infection Easily removed with good hand hygiene.
TRANSIENT FLORA:
Hand hygiene includes
Routine hand washing
alcohol rub/gels
Surgical hand rub
Hand hygiene includes
Routine hand washing
alcohol rub/gels
Surgical hand rub
In line with national guidance(DoH,Sept2007),SUHT has chosen to adopt a _________policy for all staff working in the clinical environment
_________ to be defined as“ any area where a patient is seen/treated” e.g.
“Nothing Below the Elbows”
Clinical environment
harbour microorganisms that are not easily removed during hand hygiene
Fingernails
5 moments of hand hygiene
Likelihood that micro-organisms have been acquired or transmitted.Whether the hands are visibly soiled.What procedure is about to take place.Wash hands with soap & water following contact with Clostridium difficilediarrhoea/infective diarrhoe
Choice of handwashing
The only time you should use soap & water followed by alcohol hand gel, is when you are about to ______ prior to performing a _____aseptic technique
don a pair of sterile gloves
non-operative
Techniques in handwashing
Areas that are most frequently missed
Pp bb IS fingers TB nails wrists
mf
Webs of fingers
•Thumbs •Palms •Nails•Backs of fingers & hands•Wrists
Crucial in hand washing tips
Drying
