Nursing Process: Aseptic and Infection Control #3 Flashcards
1
Q
are used in any situations involving blood; all body
fluids, excretions, and secretions except sweat;
nonintact skin; and mucous membranes (whether or not
blood is present or visible)
A
Standard Precaution or
Universal Precaution
2
Q
Standard Precaution include
A
- Hand Hygiene
- Use of PPE (gloves, gowns, eyewear, masks)
- safe injection practices
- safe handling of potentially contaminated equipment
- respiratory hygiene or cough etiquette
3
Q
What do standard precautions apply to
A
Blood, all body fluids, excretions, and secretions except sweat, non intact skin, mucous membranes
4
Q
Standard Precautions
A
- Perform hand hygiene
- Wear gloves when touching blood, bodily fluids, secretions, and contaminated items.
- wear a mask
- wear a clean nonsterile water resistant gown
- Handle equipment that is soiled carefully
- Handle all soiled linen as little as possible
- Place used needles in “sharps” or the red bin
5
Q
TRANSMISSION-BASED PRECAUTIONS
A
Airborne Precautions
Droplet Precautions
Contact Precautions
6
Q
Isolation Practices or two isolation precautions
A
- Category-specific isolation precautions
- Disease-specific isolation precautions
7
Q
An object is sterile only when
A
it is free of
all microorganisms.
8
Q
what is practiced in operating rooms and special diagnostic areas
A
Sterile Technique
