Lesson 11 Flashcards
Whenever you have left a patient scan room you should have already perfomed
Hand hygeine
Should also wash your hads after
Admininstrative duties, lunch and bathroom
Hands may tough your face up to
50 times a day
Questions to ask patietns during booking
Allergies
Are you sick
Telling them to fast
It is important to know if the patient has been identified having
Infectious disease
If the patient does have a disease such as MRSA then the patient must be
Flagged in such a way upon reception certain procedures can take place
Where do we seat patients on contact precautions
Limit places they touch
Avoid waiting area
All scans in the same room
Staff member does the whole scan
Patients on contact precaution sitting area should be
Wiped down after they leave thier personal waiting area.
The sonographer uses ______ PPE for contact precautions
standard ——-> gown and gloves
Infectious diseases to be concerned with during the booking process are
C Diff and VRE
For C diff and VRE id there are no issues of bowel loss of control it is recommended
To perform routine cleaning of work surfaces
If a patient informs on the phone they have respitory infection they should also be asked
If they have a fever
Precautions that are taken to protect the staff who are at the reception desk
Glass infront —> plastic partition to let sound through
Extra wide des k
Height difference so cant lean
Short conversations
Gloves shouldn’t be worn by receptionist because
They handle lots of personal objects of patients
During certain procedures there will be a ______ to hold all sterile tools
Sterile tray
The tray is to be opened when
Directly before the exam to assure no contamination
Opening a sterile drape
If there is a plastic outer wrap it is to be removed. Now place the package on the work surface
Carefully reaching around the sterile area, open the flap furthest from your body first. Be sure to only touch the outside portion of the wrapping
Open the side flaps and then the flap closest to your body last
Sterile items are usually contained in
Peal packs
Its is imperaticce that a _________ is maintianed in order to protect patient
Sterile field
Why is infection control important
Can affect lots of people
People wont be able to woek
Spreads quick
Economic cost to healthcare
Loss of life
Impacts are everspreading
Doesnt just spread locally
Spreads to other countries where they dont have good healthcare
More people sick means higher chance of resistance
Things are mutating, the more spreading, the more likely new strains will exist
