4/16 Infection control; surgical asepsis; standard precaution

Bacteria

minute, one celled organisms ]

both rna and dna

Nosocomial infection

infection acquired during medical care

Virus

smallest organism

Has either DNA or RNA

Common virus

AIDS

Hepatitis

measles

Wht

What must be present for infection to be transmitted

Infectious agent

Reservoir/enviroment

A way to enter and leave

means of transmission

Medical asepsis

helps reduce the number and spread of microorganisms

Rules for surgical asepsis

anything that drops below waistline is unsterile

sterile fields ends at waist or level of table top

must pass back to back

physical methods of disinfecting

boiling and UV radiation

What is handwashing

medically aseptic procedure

Normal duration of a surgical scrub

3-5 minutes

method used when placing sterile gloves over sterile gown

closed method

minimum accepted distance one should keep from sterile table

1 ft