Week 2 Control Microorganism Flashcards
We treat all our specimen as potentially infectious. Blood and all body fluids, including secretions and excretions except sweat, regardless of whether visible blood is present, are considered infectious.
Universal/Standard Precautions
Are used to stop the spread of infectious agents that may be transmitted through direct or indirect contact with the patient or with the patient’s environment.
Contact Precautions
Multidrug-resistant organisms such as vancomycin resistant enterococci, MRSA, and Clostridium difficile
Contact Precautions
Are used to stop the spread of infectious agents that can be transmitted by close respiratory contact or by exposure of mucous membranes to respiratory secretions
Droplet precautions
What type of precautions is Neisseria meningitidis, Bordetella pertussis, and influenza virus
Droplet precautions
These precautions are used for infectious agents, such as Mycobacterium tuberculosis, varicella virus, and rubella virus that can remain airborne and infectious over long distances.
Airborne Precautions
is a process used to recognize the hazardous characteristics of infectious agents that may be encountered in the clinical microbiology laboratory.
Biological risk assessment
risk assessment process are the laboratory practices that could result in an infectious exposure, the likelihood that a LAI will occur, and the consequences of that infection.
Biological risk assessment
appropriate safety practices can be identified to protect laboratorians.
Biological risk assessment
No or Low Individual and Community Risk
Risk Group 1
A microorganism that is unlikely to cause human or animal disease.
No or Low Individual and Community Risk
Moderate Individual Risk, Low Community Risk
Risk group 2
A pathogen that can cause human or animal disease but is unlikely to be a serious hazard to laboratory workers, the community, livestock, or the environment. Laboratory exposures may cause serious infection, but effective treatment and preventive measures are available, and the risk of spread of infection is limited.
Moderate Individual Risk, Low Community Risk
High Individual Risk, Low Community Risk
Risk group 3
A pathogen that usually causes serious human or animal disease but does not ordinarily spread from one infected individual to another. Effective treatment and preventive measures are available.
High Individual Risk, Low Community Risk
High Individual and Community Risk
Risk group 4
A pathogen that usually causes serious human or animal disease and that can be readily transmitted from one individual to another, directly or indirectly Effective treatment and preventive measures are not usually available.
High Individual and Community Risk
These hoods are a type of containment barrier that protects the worker from the aerosolized transmission of organisms and aerosols
Biological Safety Cabinets
Hood uses an exhaust fan to move air inward through the open front.
Class I Biological Safety
The air is circulated within the safety hood, passing through a 1 high-efficiency particulate air (HEPA) filter before reaching the environment outside the hood.
Class I Biological Safety
hood is the most common in microbiology laboratories.
Class II Biological Safety
Air is pulled inward and downward by a blower and passed up through the airflow plenum where it passes through a 2 HEPA filter before reaching the work surface.
Class II Biological Safety
A percentage of the remaining air is HEPA filtered before reaching the environment.
Class II Biological Safety
hood is a self-contained ventilated system for highly infectious microorganisms or materials and provides the highest level of personal protection.
Class III Biological Safety
The closed front contains attached gloves for manipulation on the work surface.
Class III Biological Safety
refers to a process that eliminates a defined scope of microorganisms, including some spores.
Disinfection
A substance applied to the skin for the purpose of eliminating or reducing the number of bacteria present is referred to as
Antiseptic
do not kill spores and cannot be used as
disinfectants
Antiseptic