NUR 372 CLASS 2 MEDICAL ASEPSIS Flashcards
INFECTION
- pathologic events that result from the invasion and multiplication of microorganisms in a host
- bacterial, viral, fungal
COMMON BACTERIAL PATHOGENS
- bacteria: single cell, independently living microorganisms
- examples: staph aureus/streptococcus: normal on skin; pseudomonas aeruginosa; enterococcus; e coli: GI, UTI in women
COMMON VIRAL PATHOGENS
- living microorganisms
- ex: influenza (flu); chicken pox / shingles; HIV; norovirus (west nile; ebola)
COMMON PARASITE PATHOGENS
- organisms that live on or in a host; get their food from or at the expense of its host.
- ex: protozoa; helminths (worms); ectoparasites (flees, lice
COMMON FUNGI PATHOGENS
- single cell organisms that include molds and yeasts
- ex: candidiasis; aspergillosis; dermatophytes; pneumocystis jiroveci
HEALTHCARE ASSOCIATED INFECTIONS
- infections that people acquire while they are receiving treatment for another condition in healthcare settings
- ex: inpatient hospitals
; ambulatory settings ; long-term care facilities
TYPES OF HAI’s
- central line-associated bloodstream Infections (CLABSI)
- catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI)
- ventilator-associated
pneumonia (VAP) - surgical site infection (SSI)
- clostridium difficile gastrointestinal infection
- methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureaus (MRSA)
- vancomycin resistant enterococcus (VRE)
DISINFECTION
- chemical or physical processes used to reduce the numbers of potential pathogens on an object’s surface
- ex: bleach, chlorhexidine, betadine, scrubbing hands with antibacterial gels
STERILIZATION
- complete destruction of all microorganisms, including spores
- ex: autoclave
BACTERICIDAL
- chemical that kills microorganisms
BACTERIOSTATIC
- chemical that prevents bacterial multiplication but does not kill the bacteria
MEDICAL ASEPSIS
- practices aimed at reducing the number, growth or spread of microorganisms
- ex: hand hygiene before/after patient contact (20 seconds, happy b-day 2x); use of PPE as indicated by disease process; no items on floor; do not shake sheets; clean least soiled first; moist items in plastic bags
SURGICAL ASEPSIS
- measures aimed at eliminating all bacteria from an object
- ex: skin preparation; surgical hand washing;
sterile gloves & gowns;
sterile field
5 MOMENTS OF HAND HYGIENE
- before patient contact
- before an aseptic task
- after body fluid exposure risk
- after patient contact
- after contact with patient surroundings
CHAIN OF INFECTION
- infectious agent: bacteria, fungi
- source: blood, respiratory secretions
- portal of exit: drainage
- mode of transmission: dressing on bedside stand
- portal of entry: how it gest into other person’s body, patient coughs and nurse inhales
- susceptible Host
PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT: GLOVES
- contact with blood or body fluids, mucous membranes, or non-intact skin of all patients, and when touching contaminated items or surfaces
PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT: MASK, EYE PROTECTION, FACE SHIELD
- during patient activities that are likely to generate aerosols, splashes, sprays, etc. such as suctioning
PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT: GOWNS
- worn if splashing blood or contact of body fluids is likely to occur.
ORDER OF DONNING PPE
- gown
- mask
- goggles or face shield
- gloves
ORDER OF REMOVING PPE
- gloves
- goggles or face shield
- gown
- mask
TYPES OF PRECAUTIONS
- standard/universal
- contact
- droplet
- airborne
- protective
STANDARD/UNIVERSAL PRECAUTION
- PPE as needed to prevent contact with body fluids (gloves, possibly gown, mask and goggles if splashing is possible).
- all patients
- handle all blood and body fluids as if contaminated
- hand hygiene before/after
TRANSMISSION-BASED PRECAUTIONS
- used in addition to standard precautions for patients who are known or suspected to be infected or colonized with an infectious organism
- ex: airborne precautions; droplet precautions; contact precautions; protective Isolation
AIRBORNE PRECAUTIONS
- my - measles
- stupid - SARS
- chicken - chickepox
- hez - herpes zoster
- TB - TB
- private room with negative pressure
- door closed at all times
- PPE: N95 respirator; surgical mask to patient if needing to leave room
DROPLET PRECAUTIONS
- protects transmission of pathogens through close contact with mucous membranes or respiratory secretions
- PPE: mask
- streptococcal pharyngitis
- pneumonia
- scarlet fever
- rubella
- pertussis
- mumps
- mycoplasma pneumonia
- meningococcal disease
- pneumonic plague
DROPLET PRECAUTIONS NURSING INTERVENTIONS
- private room preferred (same cohort of pts can room together).
- door can be open since the risk area for transmission is 3-6 ft of direct contact with the pt.
- mask is required to enter room for everyone including visitors.
CONTACT PRECAUTIONS
- prevents transmission of infectious agents that are spread by direct/indirect contact with patient’s and their environment
- used with: wound drainage, fecal drainage or other discharge that is suggestive of contamination and risk of transmission to others.
- PPE: gloves, gown (mask and goggles may be needed depending on splash risk)
CONTACT PRECAUTIONS NURSING INTERVENTIONS
- private room (may cohort pt’s with same infective process)
- dedicated equipment for pt (thermometer, stethoscope, BP)
- pt to leave room for special tests/procedure only
- clean hands prior to and after entering room
- gown and glove prior to entering room.
- remove PPE before exiting room.
- clean hands (use soap and water if C-diff) prior to exiting the room.
- dispose of infectious dressings in non-porous bag (biohazard trash for blood/body fluids).
CONTACT PRECAUTIONS PNEUMONIC
- M - Multidrug resistant organism
- R - Respiratory infection - RSV
- S - Skin infections
- W - Wound infections
- E - Enteric infections (c. diff)
- E - Eye infections