HEMA 1 Flashcards
Average human possesses of blood
5L
how many percent of the blood we have in our BODY WEIGHT
7-8%
transport oxygen from lungs to tissue
Blood
Clears Oxygen
Blood
how many PLASMA the blood contains?
55%
How many percent FORMED ELEMENTS (CELLS) the blood have?
45%
treat all specimens such as blood, body fluids & unfixed tissues to be potentially infectious
Standard precaution
minimum PPE standard?
Gloves
most effective way of breaking the chain of infection
HANDWASHING
wet hands and wrist thoroughly under__________?
running water
apply germicidal soap and ________
rub hands vigorously
how long based on rodaks need to rub your hand vigorously?
atleast 15 seconds
how long based on strasinger need to rub your hand vigorously?
20 seconds
Rinse hands _______?
downward flow
dry hands with ______?
paper towel
what is the last step in handwashing?
use the paper towel to turn off the faucet
the process of destroyingpathogenic microorganisms in inanimate objects
disinfection
kill the pathogens
disinfection
what is the appropriate disinfectant
household bleach or sodium hypochlorite
appropriate disinfectant used in volume dilution which is prepared daily
1:10 volume
urine discarded and has 1:5 or 1:10 NaOCl
skin disinfect
destroy all forms of microbial life even SPORES
sterilization
process of obtaining blood from vein
venipuncture
- least anchored
- close to median cutaneous nerve and branchial artery
Basilic vein
- less anchored
- easiest to palpitate for obese patient
cephalic vein
- most preffered
- well anchored
- largest vein
median cubital vein