Unit 1 Flashcards
What is lice?
Insect that lives on the human head, and feeds off blood.
- They are small and can only crawl
- They spread from head to head contact or by sharing clothing or belongings onto which lice have crawled or nits attached to
How do you check for lice? What else might be in the hair?
You check: the hair in small sections carefully, in a well-lit and bright area
- dirt/sand
- dandruff
- residue from hair products
- nits/lice
What are some common misconceptions about lice?
Head lice prefers long hair - it cant differentiate between hair lengths
Only dirty people get head lice - anyone with hair on their head can get lice
You have to cut all your hair to get rid of lice - you can use a medicated shampoo/treatment
What are some common misconceptions about lice?
Head lice prefer long hair - it can’t differentiate between hair lengths
Only dirty people get head lice - anyone with hair on their head can get lice
You have to cut all your hair to get rid of lice - you can use a medicated shampoo/treatment
How do you prevent head lice?
Wash bed linens, pillows, hats, clothes and more.
Avoid sharing personal things like combs, brushes, and hats.
What is bacteria?
A member of a large group of unicellular microorganisms that have cell walls but lack organelles and an organized nucleus, including some that can cause disease.
What are the three main types of Pathogenic Bacteria?
Cocci - spherical, alone
Staphylococci - grapes
Streptococci - beads
What are the other three bacterias?
Diplococci - pairs
Bacilli - rod
Spirilla - spiral/corkscrew
Why is Infection Control important to know? How do you prevent bacteria from spreading?
It’s important to know when working with the public so that you don’t cause a big spread of infection or disease. When working publicly you need to understand bacteriology, sanitation, disinfection, and sterilization.
TERM: used to describe efforts to prevent the spread of disease and kill all/certain microbes.
Hand-washing steps:
- Wet hands
- Add liquid soap (never bar soap)
- Lather for a min of 15 seconds
- Rinse
- Towel dry, turn off tap with towel
What is the importance of hand-washing?
Single most effective way to prevent the spread of disease. Important to stay healthy and prevent infection, by killing germs.
What are commonly missed areas when washing hands?
- Fingers
- Around fingernails (95% of germs are found under the fingernails)
- Between the fingers
- Back of the hands
- Palm of the hand
What does hand-washing fight against?
- Infections
- Flu virus
- Hepatitis B (causes liver disease)
- Norovirus
- COVID
Why is cleaning important?
It is necessary to eliminate disease causing microorganisms on your instruments, equipment and surfaces. Its necessary to protect yourself and your client.
HIGH DISINFECTION STEPS:
I. Separate dirty instruments in a container away from everything else.
2. Use warm water, soap and brush to clean. Wear rubber gloves.
3. Rinse cleaned instruments individually with warm clean running water.
4. Disinfect and brush items. Place them into a clean container. Completely submerse items in High Level Disinfectant for appropriate time.
5. Clean the dirty container with warm water and soap.
6. Rinse with warm clean running water.
7. Disinfect with High Level Disinfectant and let air dry.
8. Clean rubber gloves with warm water and soap.
9. Rinse rubber gloves with warm clean running water.
10. Disinfect rubber gloves with High Level Disinfectant and let air dry.
11. Wash hands for 10 seconds with soap and warm clean running water.
12. Rinse instruments individually with warm clean running water. Use clean tongs to remove them from High Level Disinfectant so not to contaminate disinfected multi-use instruments.
13. Let multi-use instruments air dry.
14. Wash hands for 10 seconds with soap and warm clean running water.