Lesson 1-4 Flashcards
(28 cards)
UP and how it was issued
Universal Precautions . Issued by CDC after growing AIDS and HIV epidemic
OHSA
Occupational Health and Safety Administration
BSI and why created
Body Substance Isolation . Created because the UP only covered blood and visibly body fluids contaminated with blood. These guidelines now precautions for all body fluids and all moist and potentially infectious body substances. . However neither covered airborne diseases.
Standard percautions what is it?
issued by CDC in 1996 safety guidelines for healthcare workers and included UP and BSI guidelines to prevent HAIs. Issued because confusion between BSI, UP and BPS
Transmission based precautions
Guidelines in SP to be used with patients known or suspected to be infected with pathogens spread by air, droplets or contact like measles, Tuberculosis bacterium.
SP requires what and which guidelines must be applied
Requires that every patient and every body fluid, body substance, organ, or unfixed tissue be regarded as potentially infections.
Must be applied: To all patients regardless of infection status, To all body fluids, excretions, and secretions, to nonintact skin, to mucous membranes, to organs and unfixed tissues
Hand antisepsis
using an antiseptic soap or waterless antiseptics
Exposure Control Plan
Identify all employees with occupational exposure to human blood or OPIM. Employees must have access to updated safety manual . Plans to eliminate exposure incident
Responsibilities of employer when implementing a exposure control plan
Provide PPEs appropriate for task to be performed
Use of warning label or sign
Exposure control plan must have control methods as described by the UP and BPS
Must provide free HBV vaccination immunization or workers at risk for exposure to bloodborne pathogens
Parental route
any other route than the alimentary route; intravenous, subcutaneous, intramuscular, mucosal
Alimentary route
through digestive tube from mouth to stomach
What types of substances have the potential to transmit pathogens
Blood products, peritoneal fluid, amniotic fluid, semen
What are exposure control methods
how to work with a patient safely without getting exposed . Components include PPE, Standard Precautions, Engineering Controls, Work Practice Controls
What is PPE
Personal Protective Equipment - specialized clothing to equipment used by workers to prevent direct exposure to blood or other substances
Engineering Controls and example
Devices that eliminate or minimize worker exposure / Example benchtop acrylic splash shield , wall hung sharps collector ,
work practice controls and example
the manner in which a task is performed to reduce the likelihood of exposure eg. use surface disinfectant regulary like 10%chlorine bleach, remove and dispose PPE when cleaning biological spills
pathogenic
can cause damage or injury to host
sterilization and example of how its done
killing or inactivation of all living organisms and viruses example Autoclave
disinfectants and example
chemicals used on inanimate objects or surfaces example dilute chlorine bleach, NA hypochlorite 1:10 dilution (Iradecon) , alcohols, iodophors 75 ppm, phenols or Quaternary ammonium compounds
antiseptic and example
chemical used on skin or tissue to inhibit growth of microbes - alcohols and hydrogen peroxide
Exposure control method for blood or blood products
wear gloves and buttoned fluid resistant laboratory coat
Exposure control method for pathogenic microorganisms
wear gloves and lab coat , work in biological safety cabinet
Exposure control method for hazardous aerosols
Use acrylic splash shield between worker and tubes when removing stopper, wear mask , goggles or faceshield
Exposure control method for contaminated work surfaces
wipe with 10% chlorine bleach solution before and after all procedures
