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Asepsis
Free from infection or infectious material
medical asepsis
Defined as the destruction of disease causing organisms
surgical asepsis
Destruction of all organisms sued for surgery or injections
sterile field
A work area free of all pathogens and non-pathogens (including spores)
resident flora
microorganisms that normally reside on the skin, mucous membranes, and inside the
respiratory and gastrointestinal tracts
transient flora
microbes that reside on the skin surface and are easily removed by hand hygiene
hand hygiene
washing hands with either plain or antiseptic soap and water and using alcohol-based
hand rubs
How long should you wash your hands for?
1 minute and 15 seconds
How long should you rub hand sanitizer?
20-30 seconds
Sanitization
cleaning process that REDUCES pathogen leavels to produce a healthy, clean
environment
Disinfection
A process that eliminates many or all microorganisms, with the exception of bacteria
spores, from inanimate objects
Sterilization
The process that completely destroys all microbial life, including spores.
Autoclave
Piece of equipment used to sterilize articles by way of steam under pressure and/or dry
heat
The recommended temperature for effective sterilization in an autoclave is:
250-255
Autoclave tape indicator
Used to show that the instruments have been properly steralized by changing colors.
sterile technique
Techniques of creating a sterile field and performing within the sterile field to keep
microbes at an irreducible minimum
surgical instruments
, Cutting
Dissecting
Grasping and Clamping
Dilating and Probing
Visualizing
surgical sutures
thread or wire used to hold tissue and skin together
Vital sings
human indicators of internal homeostasis
Temperature
A measure of how hot or cold something is.
Normal temperature range
98.6 (97.7-99.5)
tympanic temperature
Temperature taken in the ear
axillary temperature
Temperature taken at the armpit
rectal temperature
temperature taken in the rectum
Temporal Artery Temperature
Temperature taken by forehead.
oral temperature
temperature taken in the mouth
pulse
Beat of the heart as felt through the walls of the arteries.
temporal pulse
side of forehead
carotid pulse
side of neck
apical pulse
pulse taken with a stethoscope and near the apex of the heart
brachial pulse
the pulse felt in the upper arm (used for blood pressures)
radial pulse
the pulse felt at the wrist
femoral pulse
groin
popliteal pulse
behind the knee
dorsalis pedis pulse
top of foot
pulse rate
the number of heartbeats or pulses felt in 1 minute
pulse rythm
The time interval between heartbeats
Pulse volume