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    Infection Control

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    Infection control pertains to measures taken to prevent infections in healthcare settings by breaking the chain of infection. There are two types of asepsis used: medical asepsis which uses clean techniques like handwashing and disinfection to prevent direct or indirect transfer of pathogens, and surgical asepsis which uses sterile techniques in operating rooms to keep objects and areas sterile. Standard precautions are used for all patients while transmission-based precautions have three types - airborne, droplet, and contact - used in addition to standard precautions for patients with highly transmissible pathogens. Source and protective isolation are also used to isolate contagious patients and protect vulnerable patients respectively.

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    Infection control pertains to measures taken to prevent infections in healthcare settings by breaking the chain of infection. There are two types of asepsis used: medical asepsis which uses clean techniques like handwashing and disinfection to prevent direct or indirect transfer of pathogens, and surgical asepsis which uses sterile techniques in operating rooms to keep objects and areas sterile. Standard precautions are used for all patients while transmission-based precautions have three types - airborne, droplet, and contact - used in addition to standard precautions for patients with highly transmissible pathogens. Source and protective isolation are also used to isolate contagious patients and protect vulnerable patients respectively.

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    Infection control pertains to measures taken to prevent infections in healthcare settings by breaking the chain of infection. There are two types of asepsis used: medical asepsis which uses clean techniques like handwashing and disinfection to prevent direct or indirect transfer of pathogens, and surgical asepsis which uses sterile techniques in operating rooms to keep objects and areas sterile. Standard precautions are used for all patients while transmission-based precautions have three types - airborne, droplet, and contact - used in addition to standard precautions for patients with highly transmissible pathogens. Source and protective isolation are also used to isolate contagious patients and protect vulnerable patients respectively.

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    Infection Control

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    Sheryl Reyes
    Infection control pertains to measures taken to prevent infections in healthcare settings by breaking the chain of infection. There are two types of asepsis used: medical asepsis which uses clean techniques like handwashing and disinfection to prevent direct or indirect transfer of pathogens, and surgical asepsis which uses sterile techniques in operating rooms to keep objects and areas sterile. Standard precautions are used for all patients while transmission-based precautions have three types - airborne, droplet, and contact - used in addition to standard precautions for patients with highly transmissible pathogens. Source and protective isolation are also used to isolate contagious patients and protect vulnerable patients respectively.

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    The document discusses infection control, the concept of asepsis, medical asepsis, surgical asepsis, standard precautions, and transmission-based precautions.

    The two main types of asepsis are medical asepsis and surgical asepsis. The goal of medical asepsis is to exclude pathogens, while the goal of surgical asepsis is to render and keep objects and areas sterile.

    The steps involved in surgical aseptic technique include scrubbing hands and fingernails before entering the operating room, using sterile gloves, masks, gowns and shoe covers, using sterile solutions and dressings, using sterile drapes and creating a sterile field, and using heat-sterilized surgical instruments.

    Infection Control

    Dr. Sheryl M. Reyes




    What is infection Control?
    Pertains to the numerous measures that are taken to prevent infections from
    occurring in health care settings.
    Ways to break various links in the chain of infection


    ASEPSIS

    Wound contamination is not inevitable and that pathogens can be prevented
    from reaching vulnerable areas ASEPSIS WITHOUT INFECTION

    TWO TYPES OF ASEPSIS:
    1. Medical Asepsis
    2. Surgical Asepsis

    1.Medical Asepsis
    also Known as Clean Technique
    Includes all the precautionary measures necessary to prevent direct transfer of
    pathogens from person to person and indirect transfer of pathogens fomites
    Includes: 1. frequent and thorough handwashing
    2. personal grooming
    3. proper cleaning of supplies and equipment
    4. disinfection
    5. proper disposal of needles ,contaminated materials, and infectious
    waste
    6. sterilization
    GOAL: to Exclude Pathogens
    Surgical Asepsis
    Also known as Sterile Technique
    Includes practices used to render and keep objects and areas sterile
    This is practiced in operating Rooms, labor and Delivery areas, certain areas of
    hospital laboratory and at patients bedside
    Surgical Aseptic Technique Includes:
    1. scrubbing hands and fingernails before entering OR
    2. using sterile gloves, masks, gowns and shoe covers
    3. using sterile solutions and dressings
    4. using sterile drapes and creating a sterile field
    5. using heat-sterilized surgical instruments


    Standard Precautions (as defined by
    CDC in 1996)

    Transmission Based Precautions
    Designed for patients known or suspected to be infected with highly
    transmissible or epidemiologically important pathogens for which additional
    precautions beyond standard precautions are required to interrupt
    transmission within hospitals.
    3 types of Transmission Based Precautions:
    1. airborne precautions
    2. droplet precautions
    3. contact precautions

    Note: these are used in addition to the standard precautions already being
    used
    Airborne precautions
    Source Isolation
    When patients with tuberculosis or other contagious diseases are placed
    into isolation to protect other people from becoming infected
    isolation room are usually under negative pressure to prevent room air from
    entering the hallway when the door is opened, and air that is evacuated from
    such rooms passes through HEPA filters to remove pathogens


    Protective Isolation
    Certain patients are especially vulnerable to infections, i.e severe burns, leukemia ,
    patients who received transplant, immunosuppressed persons, those receiving
    radiation treatments, and leukopenic patients, premature infants

    Also known as reverse isolation or neutropenic isolation
    Patients are placed in a TOTAL PROTECTED ENVIRONMENT (TPE)
    TPE includes a private room in which vented air entering the room is passed
    through HEPA filters
    Room is positive pressure to prevent hallway air from entering when the door is
    opened
    All items coming in contact with the patient must be disinfected or sterilized
    Persons entering room must wear sterile gowns , masks, gloves, caps and shoe
    covers

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