Infection control protocol in
critical care
By E Magudha
, INFECTION CONTROL - DEFINITION
• Measures practiced by health care personnel
to prevent spread, transmission & acquisition
of infection between clients, from health care
providers to clients & from clients to HCP.
• Based on --- Standard precaution
------Additional precaution
,Key Definitions
Nosocomial Infection—An infection
contracted by a patient or h/care worker while
in a hospital or health care facility (and not
present or incubating on admission)
Disinfection—The process of microbial
inactivation that eliminates virtually all
recognized pathogenic microorganisms, but
not necessarily all microbial forms (e.g.,
spores)
, Key Definitions
Sterilization—The use of physical or chemical
procedures to destroy all microbial life, including
large numbers of highly resistant bacterial
endospores. Procedures include—
Steam sterilization
Heat sterilization
Chemical sterilization
critical care
By E Magudha
, INFECTION CONTROL - DEFINITION
• Measures practiced by health care personnel
to prevent spread, transmission & acquisition
of infection between clients, from health care
providers to clients & from clients to HCP.
• Based on --- Standard precaution
------Additional precaution
,Key Definitions
Nosocomial Infection—An infection
contracted by a patient or h/care worker while
in a hospital or health care facility (and not
present or incubating on admission)
Disinfection—The process of microbial
inactivation that eliminates virtually all
recognized pathogenic microorganisms, but
not necessarily all microbial forms (e.g.,
spores)
, Key Definitions
Sterilization—The use of physical or chemical
procedures to destroy all microbial life, including
large numbers of highly resistant bacterial
endospores. Procedures include—
Steam sterilization
Heat sterilization
Chemical sterilization
