Standard Precautions

Question 1

What are Standard Precautions?

Answer 1

Treating every patient and every sample as if it was infectious. (prevent the spread of disease)

Question 2

Define Asepsis

Answer 2

sterile, condition free from germs, infections, and any form of life.

Question 3

Why were Standard precautions designed, by which agency, and when?

Answer 3

Standard precautions were designed to reduce the risk of transmission of microorganisms from both recognized and unrecognized sources of infections, CDC 1994

Question 4

Define Biohazard

Answer 4

Dangerous to living persons, material that is potentially contaminated with microorganisms.

Question 5

Define Carrier

Answer 5

Person who harbors microorganism without showing any sign of the disease

Question 6

Define Fomites

Answer 6

Inanimate objects or materials such as bedding clothing or bed pans upon which disease-producing agencies can spread.

Question 7

Define Nosocomial infection

Answer 7

Infection or disease not carried by patient, but that originated from within the hospital environment