Clean Needle Technique
Hand washing - answers✔✔What is the most important procedure for preventing nosocomial infections
Washing your hands - answers✔✔What is the single most effective way to prevent the transmission of
disease
With soap and running water - answers✔✔What is the most effective form of hand washing?
Us an alcohol-based hand sanitizer - answers✔✔How do you wash your hands when there is no sink or
running water available?
No accepted optimal length of time but studies support 15 seconds - answers✔✔How long should hands
be washed to be most effective?
1. Remove all jewelry and roll up sleeves
2. Wet hands first with cool to warm water
3. Apply soap to hands
4. Rub hands together vigorously for 10-15 seconds, covering all surfaces of hands and fingers
5. Rinse hands well with running water
6. Dry thoroughly with a clean, disposable towel
7. Use towel to turn off the faucet - not your clean hands - answers✔✔What is the procedure when
washing hands with soap and water
1. Use alcohol-based hand sanitizer
2. Apply products to palm of on hand and rub hands together
3. Cover all surfaces of hands and fingers
4. Continue rubbing until dry - answers✔✔What is the procedure when washing hands with hand
sanitizer?
, Resident flora of the skin consists of microorganisms residing under the superficial cells fo the stratum
cornerman and can also be found on the surface of the skin. It prevents colonization of the skin by
pathogenic organisms and competes with any organisms for nutrients. - answers✔✔What is Resident
Hand Flora?
LESS - answers✔✔Is resident hand flora MORE or LESS likely to be associated with healthcare associated
infections?
Temporary flora refers to the microorganisms that transiently colonize the skin. It includes bacteria,
fungi and viruses. - answers✔✔What is transient skin flora?
Between patients
Before and after inserting needles
After contact w/ potentially infectious body fluids
Before and after answering phone, touches face or hair, eats,or engages in any other non-clinical activity
- answers✔✔When must a practitioner wash their hands?
No - answers✔✔Is swabbing clean skin with an antiseptic solution required before giving intradermal or
subcutaneous needle injections?
Yes with 60-70% alcohol - answers✔✔Is swabbing clean skin with antiseptic solution required prior to
intramuscular injections?
True - answers✔✔Severe adverse events to acupuncture needling are very rare
False - answers✔✔Pneumothorax occurs at a rate of approximately 1 per 1,000 acupuncture visits in the
US.
True - answers✔✔Insertion site pain may occur because alcohol was not allowed to dry before needle
insertion.
Hand washing - answers✔✔What is the most important procedure for preventing nosocomial infections
Washing your hands - answers✔✔What is the single most effective way to prevent the transmission of
disease
With soap and running water - answers✔✔What is the most effective form of hand washing?
Us an alcohol-based hand sanitizer - answers✔✔How do you wash your hands when there is no sink or
running water available?
No accepted optimal length of time but studies support 15 seconds - answers✔✔How long should hands
be washed to be most effective?
1. Remove all jewelry and roll up sleeves
2. Wet hands first with cool to warm water
3. Apply soap to hands
4. Rub hands together vigorously for 10-15 seconds, covering all surfaces of hands and fingers
5. Rinse hands well with running water
6. Dry thoroughly with a clean, disposable towel
7. Use towel to turn off the faucet - not your clean hands - answers✔✔What is the procedure when
washing hands with soap and water
1. Use alcohol-based hand sanitizer
2. Apply products to palm of on hand and rub hands together
3. Cover all surfaces of hands and fingers
4. Continue rubbing until dry - answers✔✔What is the procedure when washing hands with hand
sanitizer?
, Resident flora of the skin consists of microorganisms residing under the superficial cells fo the stratum
cornerman and can also be found on the surface of the skin. It prevents colonization of the skin by
pathogenic organisms and competes with any organisms for nutrients. - answers✔✔What is Resident
Hand Flora?
LESS - answers✔✔Is resident hand flora MORE or LESS likely to be associated with healthcare associated
infections?
Temporary flora refers to the microorganisms that transiently colonize the skin. It includes bacteria,
fungi and viruses. - answers✔✔What is transient skin flora?
Between patients
Before and after inserting needles
After contact w/ potentially infectious body fluids
Before and after answering phone, touches face or hair, eats,or engages in any other non-clinical activity
- answers✔✔When must a practitioner wash their hands?
No - answers✔✔Is swabbing clean skin with an antiseptic solution required before giving intradermal or
subcutaneous needle injections?
Yes with 60-70% alcohol - answers✔✔Is swabbing clean skin with antiseptic solution required prior to
intramuscular injections?
True - answers✔✔Severe adverse events to acupuncture needling are very rare
False - answers✔✔Pneumothorax occurs at a rate of approximately 1 per 1,000 acupuncture visits in the
US.
True - answers✔✔Insertion site pain may occur because alcohol was not allowed to dry before needle
insertion.
