Surgical Asepsis 2
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- Define Surgical asepsis
- sterile technique, refers to those practices that keep an area or object free of all microorganisms and spores.
- What are the most common desease causing microorganisms?
- Bacteria
- What is the term given to a microbes ability to cause desease?
- pathogenicity
- What is one variation in the handwashing process for sterile technique?
- holding the hands higher than the elbows to let the water run down to the elbows making the hands cleaner than the elbows.
- What is another variation in handwashing for sterile technique?
- Drying hands with seperate towels from the hand to the elbow so as not to contaminate the hands with the towel from the elbow.
- What is the term for the process of destroying all microbes, including spores and viruses?
- Sterilization
- What are four commonly used methods of sterilization?
- Steam, gas, boiling water, radiation.
- _____ objects used in a ______ field must be _______.
- Sterile, sterile, sterile
- ______ objectes become _____ when touched by ______ objects.
- Sterile, unsterile, unsterile
- _____ items that are out of _____ or below the _____ level of the nurse are considered _____ .
- Sterile, vision, waist, unsterile.
- What part of a sterile gown is considered sterile after it has been put on?
- Only the front part from the waist to the shoulder and 2 inches above the elbows to the cuff of the sleeves are considered sterile.
- _____ objects can become _____ by prolonged exposure to _____ microorganisms.
- Sterile, unsterile, airborne
- _____ flow in the direction of _____ .
- Fluids, gravity
- _____ that passes through a _____ object draws microorganisms from _____ surfaces above or below to the _____ surface by ______ action.
- Moisture, sterile, unsterile, sterile, capillary
- The skin _____ ne sterilized and is considered ______ .
- cannot, unsterile
- _____, _____,and _____ are essential qualities in maintaining surgical asepsis.
- Conscientiousness, alertness, honesty
- What is the first step in setting up a sterile field?
- Check the expiration dates on the sterile packages.
- What is the purpose of placing a sterile, wrapped package so that the top flap opens away from you?
- it prevents you from subsequently reaching directly over the exposed sterile contents, which could contaminate them.
- Performing sterile procedures ______ be delegated to unlicensed assistive personnel.
- may not
- An _____ is an invasion of body tissues by microorganisms/______ agents.
- infection, infectious
- _____ is an altered state of function of normal tissue.
- Disease
- _____ is the ability of microorganisms to produce disease.
- Virulence
- _____ is the state in which pathogens can be transmitted.
- Communicability
- An _____ pathogen causes disease in some susceptible individuals but not everyone.
- opportunistic
- _____ is freedom from disease causing microorganisms.
- Asepsis
- Which type of pathogen is the hardest to destroy and causes "Mad Cow Disease"
- prions
- What does MRSA stand for.
- Methicilin Resistant Staphlococcus Aureus
- To be effective a mask must cover both the _____ and the _____.
- mouth and nose.