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ENDORSED CLINICAL NURSING SKILLS & TECHNIQUES CH. 9 EXAM 2024
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ENDORSED CLINICAL NURSINGSKILLS & TECHNIQUES CH. 9
EXAM 2024
Purpose of Medical Asepsis - CORRECT ANSWERS-To prevent infection and
control practices reduce or eliminate sources or transmission of infection.
This provides protection for patients and health care providers from disease
Hand Hygiene - CORRECT ANSWERS-Major principles of practice of infection
control and are essential to safe patient care.
Patients in all health care settings are at risk of become colonized or infected
as a result of - CORRECT ANSWERS-impairment of immune response,
increased exposure to pathogenic organisms, and performing invasive
procedures.
Know patient susceptibility to infection, risk based on - CORRECT ANSWERS-
age, nutritional status, stress, disease processes, and forms of medical
therapy.
6 element of Chain of Infection are - CORRECT ANSWERS-1. infectious agent
or pathogen
2. A reservoir of source for pathogen of growth
3. A portal of exit from reservoir
4. A mode of transmission
5. A portal of entry for the host
6. A susceptible host
Medical Asepsis Practice for:
Infectious agent (pathogenic organism capable of causing disease) -
CORRECT ANSWERS-Clean contaminated objects
Clean, disinfect, and sterilize
Medical Asepsis Practice for:
Reservoir (site of source of microorganism growth) - CORRECT ANSWERS-
hand hygiene before and after contact
control source of body drainage
bathe patient with soap and water (chlorhexidine, or disposable bath)
change soiled dressings
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