ATI Fundamentals: Safety and Infection Control
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Priority before any aseptic assess for latex allergy
procedure
1. hands soiled (wash up to 2min)
Indications for 2. contact with fluids
antimicrobial soap (4) 3. before eating
4. after peeing
1. don't put stuff on floor
2. don't shake linens or let them touch clothing
3. clean from least to most soiled
4. put moist soiled item in plastic bag
Environment hygiene (6)
5. all specimens in biohazard containers or bags for
transport or disposal
6. pour liquids for client care directly into drain
without splattering; empty body fluids into toilet.
1. use warm not hot water to rinse
2. rinse hands before getting soap; gel onto dry
Hand hygiene details (3)
hands tho
3. 15s for transient flora, 2m for soiled hands.
Temporary--
passive innate immunity skin, membranes
inflammatory response
, takes longer, but is permanent immunity to an antigen
Active adaptive immunity
via antibodies
1. causative agent
2. reservoir
3. portal of exit
chain of infection (6)
4. mode of transmission
5. portal of entry
6. host
Human, animals, insects
food, organic matter
reservoirs
water
soil
Means of leaving the host
-resp tract: droplet, airborne
-GI
Portal of exit -GU: Ecoli, HSV, HIV
-Skin/MM: HSV, varicella
-Bodily fluids: HIV, HepB&C
transplacental
1. contact
2. airborne
Mode of transmission (4)
3. droplet
4. vector
1. direct: person-person
Contact modes (3) 2. indirect: person-object
3. fecal-oral
Common unit for HAIs ICU
GU: Ecoli, staph, enterococci
Surgical wounds
Common sites for HAIs
respiratory tract
bloodstream
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Terms in this set (67)
Priority before any aseptic assess for latex allergy
procedure
1. hands soiled (wash up to 2min)
Indications for 2. contact with fluids
antimicrobial soap (4) 3. before eating
4. after peeing
1. don't put stuff on floor
2. don't shake linens or let them touch clothing
3. clean from least to most soiled
4. put moist soiled item in plastic bag
Environment hygiene (6)
5. all specimens in biohazard containers or bags for
transport or disposal
6. pour liquids for client care directly into drain
without splattering; empty body fluids into toilet.
1. use warm not hot water to rinse
2. rinse hands before getting soap; gel onto dry
Hand hygiene details (3)
hands tho
3. 15s for transient flora, 2m for soiled hands.
Temporary--
passive innate immunity skin, membranes
inflammatory response
, takes longer, but is permanent immunity to an antigen
Active adaptive immunity
via antibodies
1. causative agent
2. reservoir
3. portal of exit
chain of infection (6)
4. mode of transmission
5. portal of entry
6. host
Human, animals, insects
food, organic matter
reservoirs
water
soil
Means of leaving the host
-resp tract: droplet, airborne
-GI
Portal of exit -GU: Ecoli, HSV, HIV
-Skin/MM: HSV, varicella
-Bodily fluids: HIV, HepB&C
transplacental
1. contact
2. airborne
Mode of transmission (4)
3. droplet
4. vector
1. direct: person-person
Contact modes (3) 2. indirect: person-object
3. fecal-oral
Common unit for HAIs ICU
GU: Ecoli, staph, enterococci
Surgical wounds
Common sites for HAIs
respiratory tract
bloodstream
