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List preventative methods of disease

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  • Cleaning, disinfection and sterilisation
  • Hygiene
  • PPE
  • Vaccination
  • Isolation
  • Barrier Nursing
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What is a disinfectant?

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A chemical that will inhibit or destroy pathogens, but not bacterial spores, on inanimate object such as floors and kennels

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What is a antiseptic?

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A chemical that will inhibit or destroy pathogens without destroying animal cells; used on living tissue, so is a skin disinfectant

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What is a detergent?

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A chemical that breaks down grease and dirt; does not kill microorganisms

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What is sterilisation?

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The removal of all microorganisms including bacterial spores

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What does -cide mean?

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Indicates a chemical that kills a particular microorganism

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What does -stat mean?

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The action of a chemical that prevents or inhibits the growth of a microorganism

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Describe levels of decontamination

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Level 1: Cleaning (Low-risk areas)
Level 2: Disinfection (Medium risk areas)
Level 3: Sterilisation (High-risk areas)

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What are the 7 groups of disinefectants?

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  • Alcohols
  • Aldehydes
  • Biguanides
  • Halogens
  • Peroxides
  • Phenols
  • Quaternary ammonium compounds (QAC’s)
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What are alcohols?

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  • Used for skin disinfection
  • In practice: 70% solution of ethanol for skin preparation for surgery
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Give 3 examples of alcohols

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  • Ethanol
  • Surgical spirit
  • Jeyes fluid, which is toxic to cats
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What is an advantage of alcohol?

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Rapid action

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What are the disadvantages of of alcohols?

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  • Skin irritant
  • Inactivated by organic matter
  • Volatile
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What are the 2 groups of aldehydes?

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Formaldehydes and glutaraldehydes

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What is an example of aldehyde?

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Parvocide

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What is an advantage of formaldehyde?

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Not inactivated by organic matter

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What are disadvantages of formaldehydes?

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  • Highly irritant and toxic
  • Volatile
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What is an advantage of glutaraldehyde?

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Less irritant than formaldehydes

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What is an disadvantage of glutaraldehyde?

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Volatile

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Give an example of biguanides?

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Chlorhexidine; also known as hibiscrub

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What are the advantages of biguanides?

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  • Low toxicity, so little skin irritation
  • Can be actively enhanced by alcohols, QACs and alkaline pH
  • Effective and fast acting
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What are the disadvantages of biguanides?

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  • Effective on gram positive bacteria but not spores or viruses
  • Daily use can reduce commensal bacteria
  • Easily inactivated by organic matter
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What are the 5 groups halogens are broken down into?

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  • Iodine
  • Iodophor
  • Chlorine
  • Fluorine
  • Bromine
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Give 3 examples of halogens

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  • Povidone-iodine
  • Halogenated tertiary amine like anistel
  • Chlorine hypochlorite
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What are the advantages of iodine and iodophors?
- Cheap - Readily available - Shorter activity time than chlorhexidine
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What are the disadvantages of iodine and iodophors?
- Irritant to skin - Stains surfaces brown
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What are the advantages of chlorine hypochlorite?
- Cheap - Readily available
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What are the disadvantages of chlorine hypochlorite?
- Highly irritant to tissue - Corrosive to metals - Toxic - Strong smell - Can react with other compounds
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What are the disadvantages of bromine and fluorine?
Too toxic for veterinary use
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What are the 3 examples of peroxides?
- Hydrogen peroxide - Proxygene compound - Peracetic acid
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What is an advantage of hydrogen peroxide?
Fast acting
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What is an disadvantage of hydrogen peroxide?
Ineffective against organic matter
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What is an advantage of proxygene compound?
Available as powder
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What are the disadvantages of proxygene compound?
- Corrosive - Variable results in presence of organic matter
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What are the 4 groups phenols are broken down into?
- Black - White - Clear fluids - Chlorinated
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Give 2 examples of phenols
- Dettol - Jeyes fluid
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What are the advantages of phenols?
- Cheap - Not easily deactivated by organic matter
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What are the disadvantages of phenols?
- Toxic and irritant to skin - Toxic to cats - Strong smell - Leaves residue
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What are QACs?
Halogenated tertiary amines
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What are the advantages of QACs?
- Low toxicity - Good detergent properties - Contact time 5 minutes - not easily deactivated by organic matter
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What are the disadvantages of QACs?
- Inactivated by hard water - Expensive
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What is nosocomial?
A hospital acquired infection
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What are the 2 sterilisation methods
- Cold sterilsation - heat sterilisation
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What are the 3 types of cold sterilisation?
- Ethylene oxide gas - Chemical solution - Irradiation
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What are the 2 types of heat sterilisation?
- Dry heat (Hot air oven) - Steam under pressure (Autoclave)
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What is ethylene oxide gas?
A gas that takes 12 hours to sterilise by inactivating DNA to stop cell reproduction of bacteria, fungi, viruses and spores
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What are 3 hazards of ethylene oxide gas?
- Toxic - Irritant to tissues - Highly flammable
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What is chemical solution?
- Chemical which equipment need to be submerged in for 24 hours to be sterilised
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What is irradiation?
- When instruments/equipment is exposed to radiation - E.g. prepacked needles, syringes, suture materials, surgical gloves and scalpel blades
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What is dry heat (hot air oven)?
- A hot air oven which kills microorganisms, but needs 4-5 hours to kill spores
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What is steam under pressure (autoclave)?
Steam temperature increases with pressure
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How do you know if a chemical indicator has worked?
If a TST strip should change colour to show sterilisation
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How are biological indicators used?
Using bacterial spores contained in a glass vial or withing a paper strip

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