Medical Asepsis & PPE Flashcards
Two categories of aspetic practice
Medical Asepsis vs Surgical Asepsis
“clean technique” used to control the numbers and spread of organisms
Medical Asepsis
“sterile technique” used in procedures to keep areas free from all microorganisms
Surgical asepsis
without life
sterile
Bacterias on the skin that can be removed by handwashing
Transient- loosely attached microorgs
Resident - needs additional friction to remove bacterias
Why is the mechanical action of scrubbing in hand washing important?
helps remove organisms from deeper layers of the skin
Antiseptics helps remove organisms from deeper layers of the skin, and are able to remove all bacteria. T or F
False
What PPE protects from large droplets?
Surgical Mask
What PPE protects from finer particles?
N95
PPE that protects nose and mouth
prevent airborne and droplets transmissions
Mask and Respirators
PPE that protects skin and or clothing
Gowns (only worn once)
Protects eyes, mouth and nose when splashing is likely
googles/ face shields
precautions that are used for ALL patients to protect against known & unknown infectious organisms transmitted by blood and body fluids.
Standard Precautions
precautions used for patients with known or suspected diseases based on their mode of transmission; used in addition to standard precautions
Transmission based precautions
What PPE should be worn for all types of transmission-based precautions?
Gowns
