MEDICAL AND SURGICAL ASEPSIS

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ƒ Measures to prevent, inhibit or reduce nosocomial or healthcare associated infection ƒ It is an essential, part of the infrastructure of health care facilitiies

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TERMINOLOGIES

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Ways in which the infectious agent enters the susceptible host

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Portals of entry

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Individuals may have traits that affect their susceptibility and severity of disease

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Susceptible Host

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Micro-organisms capable of causing disease or illness

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Infectious agents

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Place in which infectious agents live, grow and reproduce

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reservoirs

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Ways in which infectious agent leaves the reservoir

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portals of exit

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ways in which the infectious agent is spread from the reservoir to the susceptible host

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modes of transmission

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How an individual acquires the infectious agents and includes the infectious agent, the source of infection or its reservoir, how the organism is transmitted, and the organism’s portal of entry into the susceptible host

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Chain of infection

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The modes (means) of transmission are:

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Contact (direct and/or indirect), Droplet, Airborne, Vector and Common Vehicle.

Question 10

set of infection control practices used to prevent transmission of diseases w/c can be acquired by contact with blood, body fluids, non-intact skin (including rashes), and mucous membranes.

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STANDARD PRECAUTIONS

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ELEMENTS OF STANDARD PRECAUTION

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1. Hand hygiene
2. gown
3. mask
4. face protection
5. gloves
6. safe injection practices
7. patient care equipment/ devices
8. environmental control
9. textile and laundry
10. worker safety
11. patient placement and transport
12. respiratory hygiene/ cough etiquette
13. infection control practices for lumbar puncture

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when sterile or aseptic item makes contact with microorganism

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Contamination

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what is the biggest threat to food safety?

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Pathogens

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4 types of pathogens tha can contaminate food

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viruses, bacteria, parasites, fungi

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the process of cleansing an object or substance to remove, inactivate or destroy pathogens such as micro-organisms or hazardous materials, including chemicals, radioactive substances, and infectious diseases.

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decontamination

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the process of using physical or chemical means to destroy pathogens, excluding the spores.

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disinfection

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any process that eliminates, removes, kills, or deactivates all forms of life like microorganisms such as fungi, bacteria, viruses, spores,

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sterilization

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antimicrobial substances that are applied to living tissue/skin to reduce the possibility of infection, sepsis, or putrefaction. ¾Inhibits the growth of microorganism.

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antiseptic

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infection acquired during the time a patient is admitted in healthcare facility (e.g. UTI)

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HEALTHCARE ASSOCIATED INFECTION

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Infection acquired in the course of undergoing diagnostic tests or therapeutic procedures.

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IATROGENIC INFECTION

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= Contact with a potentially harmful physical, chemical, or biological agent as a result of one’s work.
=health care professional may be exposed to HIV or through a needle stick injury.

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OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE

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= is protective clothing, helmets, goggles, or other garments or equipment designed to protect the wearer’s body from injury or infection.

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PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT (PPE)

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=The hazards include :

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=The hazards include physical, electrical, heat, chemicals, biohazards, and airborne particulate matter.

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• The state of being free of pathogeninc microorganisms

- The process of removing pathogenic microorganisms or protecting against infection by such organism

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ASEPSIS

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A toxic condition resulting from the spread of bacteria or their toxic products from a focus of infection; especially septicemia

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SEPSIS

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=Refers to the procedures used to keep the object or areas sterile or completely free from micro organisms
=all practices are directed to the elimination of both pathogenic and nonpathogenic micro-organisms

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SURGICAL ASEPSIS

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SURGICAL ASEPSIS INCLUDES

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=Creation of a sterile environment 
=Use of sterile equipment/supplies/solutions
=Sterilization of reusable supplies
=surgical hand scrub
=surgical attire if in OR
=sterile gloves
=sterile field
=used of sterile technique

Question 28

5 hand moments for hand hygiene

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1. Before touching a patient
2. before clean/aseptic procedure
3. After body fluid exposure risk
4. after touching a patient
5. After touching patient surroundings

Question 29

The seperation of ill persons who have a specific infectious illness from those who are healthy and the restriction of their movement to stop the spread of the illness

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ISOLATION

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The separation and restriction of movement of well persons who, while not yet ill, have been exposed to an infectious agent and therefore may become infectious

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QUARANTINE

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an approach to infection control to treat all human blood and certain human body fluids as if they were known to be infectious for HIV, HBV and other blood borne pathogens,

-APPLIED UNIVERSALLY IN CARING FOR ALL PATIENTS

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UNIVERSAL PRECAUTIONS

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¾ additional infectioncontrol precautionsin health care
¾the latest routine infection prevention and control practices applied for patients who are known or suspected to be infected or colonized with infectious agents, including certain important pathogens.

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TRANSMISSION-BASED PRECAUTIONS

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diseases in standard precautions

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=CMV
=HIV
=Hepatitis B and C
= Aspergillosis

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diseases in contact precautions

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=Diarrhea
=rotavirus
=salmonella
=hepatitis A
=Lice

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diseases in Droplet Pracautions

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=Pertussis
=Influenza A or B
=Rubella 
=Mumps
=Coxsackie

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diseases in airborne precautions

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=chicken pox
=measles
=disseminated herper zoster
=SARS
=Tuberculosis