QUESTION COMPENDIUM WITH CORRECT
SOLUTIONS
◉Implementation of Care. Answer: Health promotion, Isolation
precautions, standard precautions, transmission based precautions,
asepsis (medical asepsis - surgical asepsis)
◉To break chain of infection. Answer: - Cleaning, Disinfecting,
Sterilization (Elimination/Control of infectious agents)
- Hand hygiene + gloves, bathing, dressing changes, contaminated
article disposal, contaminated needle disposal, clean pt environment
(room), cap and date solutions, drainage containment and disposal
(Elimination/Control of Reservoirs)
- Coughing, sneezing, talking over surgical wound or sterile field,
cover mouth and wash hands if cough, sneeze or blow nose, bag
contaminated items properly, wash hands after bathroom use
(Control portals of exit)
- Standard precautions, transmission based precautions (PPE,
proper isolation technique), disposal of contaminated articles,
personal care items for each pt, clean equipment if sharing b/w pt
(BP cuff), discard or clean any item that touches the floor (Control of
Transmission)
, - Sterile technique with invasive procedures, sterile technique with
surgical wounds, keep all drainage systems closed and intact,
maintain natural defenses (Control Portal of Entry)
-Know pts at risk (extremes of age, radiation or chemotherapy,
immobility, poor nutrition, certain diseases, invasive procedures),
require extra protection (keep immunizations up to date.)
(Protection of Susceptible Host)
◉Medical Asepsis. Answer: clean technique, reduces and helps
prevent spread of organisms (hand hygiene, using clean gloves,
routine cleaning of environment)
◉Surgical Asepsis. Answer: sterile technique, prevents
contamination of open wound, isolates operative area from unsterile
environment
◉Standard Transmission. Answer: used with all pts, applies to
blood, all body fluids (except sweat, non-intact skin, and mucous
membranes. Designed to reduce risk of transmission of
microorganisms. Designed to protect pts and health care workers
◉Transmission Based Precautions. Answer: used in addition to
standard precautions, used for specific diseases based on how
disease is spread from person-to-person