Quiz

1. Quiz • 1. What is the most effective way to reduce the spread of microorganisms? • 2. Why do you hold your hands lower than your elbows when rinsing? • 3. Why do you have to rewash your hands if you touch the sink after washing? • 4. When do you wash your hands? (4)

2. 1. Handwashing • 2. prevents lather and water from running over arms and causing contamination • 3. touching a contaminated area re-contaminates your hands • 4. - before and after contact with a patient and their belongings - before and after eating - after using the bathroom - after handling any contaminated fluid or object

3. What is SEPSIS? • Potentially life threatening whole body infection, when the blood is overwhelmed by bacteria

4. Controlling Infection - Asepsis (Unit 2)

5. Asepsis • What is Asepsis? • Technique used to make the environment, the worker, and the patient as germ-free as possible • Why do we need Aseptic techniques? • Health care facilities are full of sick people and we do not want to get workers or other patients more sick because germs were passed around

6. Asepsis • Aseptic Techniques Prevent: • Cross infection • Re-infection • Self-inoculation • Passing illnesses from patient to healthcare worker and healthcare worker to patient

7. Asepsis • Aseptic Techniques Include: • Employees being clean and neat • Proper handling of all equipment • Using sterile procedures when necessary • Using proper cleaning solutions • Proper hand washing • Following Standard Precautions

8. Asepsis • Standard Precautions • guidlines designed to reduce the risk of transmission of microorganisms from recognized and unrecognized sources in the hospital

9. Asepsis • Standard Precautions • guidelines designed to reduce the risk of transmission of microorganisms from recognized and unrecognized sources in the hospital • established by OSHA

10. Asepsis • Standard Precautions • Mandated that all employees with a risk of exposure to body fluids are provided training and immunization within 10 days of hire. • Must be • Offered a hepatitis B vaccine (HBV) at no charge • Trained to use the appropriate protective equipment ro prevent exposure to body fluids • Receive an annual update and review

11. Asepsis • Standard Precautions • Provide protection from contact with blood, mucous membranes, non-intact skin, and all body fluids • Body fluids: • Blood • Pericardial fluid • Body fluids containing visible blood • Amniotic fluid • Tissue specimens • Cerebrospinal fluid • Semen • Vaginal Secretions • Interstitial Fluid • Pleural Fluid

12. Asepsis • Standard Precautions • Infection with HBV and HIV occur through: • Direct injection of infected blood or a contaminated needle that punctures the skin • Contact of infected body fluids with mucous membranes • Sexual contact • Pregnancy – transmitted from infected mother to baby

13. Asepsis • Controlling the Spread of Infection • Disinfection – using the proper cleaning solution to clean skin and equipment • Sterilization – process of killing microorganismsoff items that are put into the body or around an open wound with the use of autoclaves