L1: Principles of Aseptic Technique Flashcards
Using practices and procedures to prevent contamination from pathogens.
ASEPTIC TECHNIQUE
It involved applying the strictest rules to healthcare workers.
ASEPTIC TECHNIQUE
ASEPTIC TECHNIQUE is used in?
Surgery rooms
clinics
outpatient care centers
etc.
Protects px from the transfer of pathogens from a healthcare worker, environment, or from both.
BARRIERS
Some barriers used in aseptic technique include?
Sterile gloves
Sterile gowns
Masks for the px and HCP
Sterile drapes
Sterile barriers
Are those that have not touched a contaminated surface.
Specially packaged and cleaned items.
Healthcare workers put them on or use them in specific ways that minimize exposure to germs.
STERILE BARRIERS
HCPs also use sterile equipment and sterile instruments to further protect the patient, by applying cleansing and bacteria-killing preparations to the px’s skin before a procedure.
PATIENT AND EQUIPMENT PREPARATION
Keeping doors CLOSED during operation.
Only necessary health personnel should be at the procedure.
ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROLS
Once HCP have sterile barriers on, they should only touch other sterile items.
They should avoid touching nonsterile items at all cost.
CONTACT GUIDELINES
A common procedure that carries a risk for infection.
URINARY CATHETER INSERTION
These drain urine from the bladder and are associated with CAUTIs.
URINARY CATHETER
All articles used in an operation have been sterilized previously
PRINCIPLES OF STERILE TECHNIQUE
Persons who are sterile touch only sterile articles; perons who are not sterile touch only unsterile articles.
PRINCIPLES OF ASEPTIC TECHNIQUE
Sterile persons avoid leaning over an unsterile area; nonsterile persons avoid reaching over a sterile field.
PRINCIPLES OF ASEPTIC TECHNIQUE
Unsterile persons do not get closer than ________ inches from a sterile field.
12 INCHES
If doubt about the sterility of anything, consider it _____
UNSTERILE
If a nonsterile person brushed close, consider yourself _____
CONTAMINATED
Gowns are considered sterile only from the ______ to ______ level and infront the sleeves to _______ inches above the elbows.
WAIST TO SHOULDER
2 INCHES
Keep hands in ____ or above ____ level
SIGHT
WAIST
Arms should _____
NEVER BE FOLDED
Articles dropped BELOW WAIST are _____
DISCARDED
Face-to-face or back-to-back. Turn back to a nonsterile person or when passing.
Face a sterile area when passing the area.
Ask a nonsterile person to step aside rather than trying to crowd past him.
Step back away from the sterile field to sneeze or cough.
Turn head away from sterile field to have perspiration mopped from brow
RULES FROM PASSING
