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Infection Control Flashcards

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Explain Infection Control

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Methods used to eliminate or reduce the transmission of infectious organisms from one individual to another

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What do federal agencies do?

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Set guidelines for the manufacture, sale, and use of equipment and chemical ingredients
Monitor safety in the workplace and place limits on the types of services you can perform in a salon

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What do state agencies do?

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Regulate licensing, enforcement, and your conduct while on the job

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What is OSHA? What do they do?

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Occupational Safety and Health Administration : (FEDERAL AGENCY) regulate and enforce safety and health standards to protect employees in the workplace ALSO handling, mixing, storing disposing of products, general safety in the workplace and your right to know about hazardous ingredients.

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What is the EPA? What do they do?

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Environmental Protection Agency: (Federal Agency) registers all types of disinfectants used in the U.S.
Certifies that the disinfectant will be effective against the pathogens listed on the label

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What are State Regulatory Agencies?

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Licensing agencies, state boards, commissions, and health departments. Procedures that protect health and safety during services and enforcement

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Laws are written by?

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Both federal and state legislatures, to determine scope of practice and establish guidelines for regulatory agencies

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What are the modes of infection transmission?

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Direct Transmission, Indirect Transmission, Airborne Transmission & Respiratory Droplet

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Disinfectants must be effective against what? ( at a minimum)

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Bacteria, Viruses and Fungi

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What is the first defense against transmission of infection?

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Washing hands

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Explain bacteria

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Pathogenic(harmful) or non-pathogenic (harmless) single celled microorganisms that have plant and animal characteristics and can exist almost anywhere

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Inflammation is characterized by:

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Redness, heat, pain and swelling

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What is pus?

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Fluid containing white blood cells, bacteria, and dead cells. A by-product of the infectious process.

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What is a systemic infection?

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An infection that has spread throughout the entire body

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Explain MRSA

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Responsible for food poisoning, toxic shock syndrome and some flesh eating diseases. Can be highly resistant to antibiotics

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Explain Mycobaterium

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Large family of bacteria often found in soil and water.

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Explain Viruses

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Submicroscopic particle that infects and resides in the cells of biological organisms. Cause common cold, digestive tract infections, measles, mumps, chickenpox, smallpox, rabies, yellow fever, hepatitis, polio, influenza and HIV

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Natural Immunity

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Immunity you have naturally

19
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HPV & HSV can be transmitted through what in a salon?

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A wax pot

20
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Hepatitis & HIV are what?

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Blood born pathogens

21
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Hepatitis damages what organ?

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Liver

22
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Why is Hepatitis easier to get than HIV?

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Present in all body fluids of person infected and can live on surfaces outside the body for a long time

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Explain Fungi

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Single celled organisms that grow in irregular masses, can produce contagious diseases like ringworm
Or tinea barbae (deep, inflamed or no inflamed patches of skin on face or nape of neck) and tinea capitis(red spots at openings of hair follicles)

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Explain parasites

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Organisms that grow, feed, and shelter on or inside another organism (must have a host to survive)
Two types common in salons: Lice and scabies

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Explain Biofilms

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Colonies of microfilms that adhere to environmental surfaces as well as human body, hard to detect, ex. Plaque

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What gets rid of bacterial spores?

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Sterilization with an autoclave

27
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Why is cleaning such an important part of infection control?

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Number of contaminants greatly reduced, removes oil or residue that might interfere with disinfectant working

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Why should hydrogen peroxide not be used on an open cut?

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It destroys the cells that begin the healing process in a wound

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Types of Cleaners

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Antibacterial soaps, Waterless hand sanitizers, hydrogen peroxide , and isopropyl alcohol

30
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Is alcohol a disinfectant?

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NO

31
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Is disinfecting effective against bacterial spores?

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NO

32
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What is efficacy?

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Ability to produce the intended effect

33
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What are the different types of disinfectants?

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Quats, Tuberculocidal, Bleach, & Phenolic

34
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Explain Quats

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Very effective disinfectant, 10 minutes

35
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Explain tuberculocidal disinfectants

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Proven to kill bacteria that causes tuberculosis

36
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Explain Phenolic disinfectants

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Powerful tuberculocidal disinfectants

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