POP QUIZ Flashcards
What uses hydrostatic pressure to remove fluid?
Ultrafiltration
Fluid moves from an area of lower concentration to an area of higher concentration called?
Osmosis
Solutes are dragged across a semipermeable membrane with fluid called?
Convection
Particles move from high solute concentration to lower solute concentration called?
Diffusion
What substance is used to help balance body pH? Acid/base balance
Bicarb
What is Hyperkalemia and what is it associated with?
High Potassium, Heart & Muscles
What is my role in CKD-MBD Management include?
Reminding the patient who is eating a snack during dialysis to take his phosphate binder
What does your role in anemia management include?
Rinsing back as much of the patients blood as you can at the termination of eat treatment normal kidney function versus hemodialysis
If a patient with acute kidney injury dialyzes in the outpatient facility, one task of the patient care teammate is to monitor blood pressure and weight closely. Why is this important?
Hypovolemia and hypotensive episodes can cause renal ischemia and can further damage the kidneys
What are the most common causes of CKD in the USA?
Diabetes, Hypertension, Polycystic Kidney Disease
Why is knowing what caused your patients’ CKD important?
Because the underlying disease could cause health complications that can impact the dialysis treatment.
We can not care for HBsAg _____ patients at the same time as Hep B ______ patients.
positive, susceptible
When washing your hands, you should cover hands and wrists with lather and wash vigorously for how many seconds?
20 seconds.
When is hand hygiene to be performed?
Upon entering the treatment room, prior to gloving, after removal of gloves, after contamination with blood or other infectious material, after patient and delivery system contact, between patients even if the contact is casual, before touching clean areas such as supplies and before leaving the treatment area
Environmental surfaces are cleaned with an appropriate disinfectant such as an
1:100 bleach solution
What are the seven policy segments in infection control for dialysis facilities?
Teammate Hygiene, Teammate/Patient Safety, Facility Hygiene, Wall Box and Drain/Water Line Care and Maintenance, Dialysis Station Management, Chairside Snappy Terminal and Cart, and Reporting
for visible blood or gross blood spills, a ____ bleach solution must be utilized
1:10
according to policy and procedure, how should gowns be worn?
fully snapped up and wrists covered
contact transmission is the most important route infections are spread. Contact transmission is defined as what?
transmission of microorganisms through healthcare workers hands.
per the cdc, what is the most frequent infectious complication for patients treating via a cvc?
bacterial vascular access infections
the maximum recirculation time after a machine has been set up prior to treatment initiation cannot exceed _____ hours.
two
What is one method surveyors use to verify infection control training and education?
Documentation of infection control training in teammates file or transcript
pH is the measurement of?
Acid/Base Balance
What is the acceptable test result when verifying the absence of residual bleach?
less than or equal to 0.5ppm.
