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Asepsis
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- 1Nosocomial Infectionhospital-acquired infection, developed in a hospital environment during a patients stay, or among hospital staff. include fungal, bacterial, aggravated by reduced resistance of individual patients.
- 2Nosocomial infection - risk factorspoor state of health, impairing their natural defense mechanisms against bacteria, age, immunodeficiency, or COPD can increase change of resp tract infection
invasive devices, intubation tubes, catheters, surgical drains, tracheostomy, all passing through natural defense system, patients treatm itself can leave them vulnerable to infection, immunosuppression, antacid treatments, blood transfusions etc - 3Nosocomial infections common organismsMRSA, HAP, VRE, Staph aureus, UTI
- 4transmission and precautions3 main elements for transmission
source, susceptible host, means of transmission
precautions - risk reduction within elements (chain of infection) - 5Nosocomial infection prevalence and incidenceunited states- 10% or 2 billion pts a year are infected
France - UTI most common
UK - 10% infection rate
Australia - 8.4% infection rate, 7000 deaths - 6asepsis definition and descriptionabsence of living pathogenic microorganisms, process of removing pathogenic microorganisms
- 7medical asepsis and surgical asepsismedical asepsis - use of practices aimed at destroying pathological organisms after they leave the body
surgical asepsis - exclusion of all microorganisms before they enter an open surgical wound or contaminate a sterile field in surgery - 8Types of medical asepsisprocedure to reduce number of microorganisms
- non-touch technique, hand washing, gloves to prevent exposure to body fluid - 9Types of surgical asepsisprocedure to eliminate microorganisms
- sterile technique, hand washing, sterile gloves, sterilisation - 10Indications for surgical aseptic surgical techniqueprocedures requiring intentional perforation of patient skin
-administration of injection, insertion of cannula
procedure that involve entering sterile body cavities
- surgery, pleural tap, LP, suctioning, catheter
When the skin integrity is broken
- trauma, surgical incision, burn, ulcer/wounds - 11sterile fields definition and descriptionspecified area, such as a tray that is considered free of microorganisms
an area around a patient that has been prepared for a procedure, includes team members scrubbed
all instruments and sterile supplies within field - 12Performing aseptic techniquepreparation- explain procedure to pt
offer analgesia, toileting
position to ensure privacy and comfort - 13preparationperform HH
prepare dressing trolley
collect equipment ensuring all sterile products - 14procedureperform HH
remove outer bandage
do not open packets over sterile field
add warmed saline
wipe top with alcohol wipe
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