Infection prevention Flashcards
What is the role of community pharmacist
education of the public including completing AB courses
Raise awareness + screening STI
Needle and Syringe programmes
Screening and or Vaccinations
Pharmacy Medicines
Preparation of medicines
what is the role of hte hospital pharmacist
ensure vaccinated + healthy
antimicrobial stewardship
education of healthcare staff and members of multidisciplinary teams within the hospital setting
follow other guidelines and best practice for healthcare workers
what is antimicrobial stewardship
an overarching program to change and direct antimicrobial use at a health care institution
what is the purpose antimicrobial stewardship
reduction in total or targeted antimicrobial use
decrease in inappropriate antimicrobial use
improvement in susceptibility profiles of hospital pathogens
impovement in clinical markers
increase in appropriate microbial
- use
- selection
- dosing
- route
- duration
what are 3 ways to prevent and control infection
Chemical - Antibiotics + antiseptics and disinfectants
Physical - Heat and radiation
Mechanical - Filtration
what is asepsis
free of pathogenic microorganisms
what is antisepsis
use antiseptic to elimate pathogenic microorganisms
what is aseptic technique
techniques to prevent infection
what is antiseptic
kills / inhibits microorganisms on living surfaces, non selective
what is disinfectant
kills / inhibits microorganisms on inanimate objects, non selective
what is sterilisation
removal/ killing of all microorganisms
what is disinfection
killing/inhibition of pathogenic microorganisms on a surface
what is antibiotics
kill or inhibit microorganisms on and in the body
what would the ideal disinfectant be
sterilizing fast acting non toxic to other life non irritating non corrosive broad spectrum of activity stable easy to use
what are the different classes of disinfectants
phenols alcohols halogens oxidisers aldehydes biguanides quaternary ammonium compounds acids metal salts
