Nurs 100 Final Study Guide
Chapter 10: Medical and Surgical Asepsis - Hand Hygiene: Use antimicrobial soap and water when your hands are visibly soiled, before you eat, after using the bathroom, and after contact of bodily fluid. Scrub your hands for 15 seconds - Alcohol based product use 3-5ml of the product - Stand 3 feet away from those coughing - Keep nails short - No gel polish because it increases risk of microbes - Remove jewelry from hands and wrist - Never shake linens - Clean the least soiled area first and the worst last How to set up a sterile field: - Position it so the top flap is facing away from you and open it away from you - Open the right flap with your right hand and the left flap with the left hand and the last flap open towards you - If you need to use a sterile solution, remove the bottle cap and place it face it up on a clean surface not the sterile surface, hold the bottle so that the label is against your palm, and you want to pour 1-2 ml out, and then pour the solution on the site - Do not cough, sneeze, or talk over sterile field - The 1 inch outer edge of the sterile field is not sterile - Any object help below the waste or above the chest is considered contaminated - Any objects that need to be added to the sterile field should be added 6 inches above and dropped into - Never turn your back or reach across a sterile field - Any sterile field item that comes in contact with moisture is not considered sterile Chapter 11: Immunity Nonspecific innate immunity vs. Specific Adaptive Imm
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