Sterile Procedures MD0540

DEVELOPMENT
ADMINISTRATION
TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
LESSON 1
	Section I. REVIEW
		1-1. INTRODUCTION
		1-2. DEFINITIONS
		1-3. CLASSIFICATION OF PATHOGENS
		1-4. COMMUNICABLE DISEASES
	Section II. PREVENTION AND CONTROL OF INFECTION
		1-5. PREVENTION OF WOUND INFECTION
		1-6. BODY DEFENSES
		1-7. SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF INFECTION
		1-8. CYCLE OF INFECTION
	Section III. BLOODBORNE PATHOGENS
		1-9. HEALTH CARE WORKERS AT RISK
		1-10. DEFINITIONS
		1-11. BLOODBORNE PATHOGENS: HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS AND HEPATITIS B VIRUS
		1-12. UNIVERSAL PRECAUTIONS
	EXERCISES
	SOLUTIONS
LESSON 2
	MEDICAL ASEPSIS
		2-1. GENERAL
		2-2. ASEPTIC TECHNIQUE
		2-3. STERILIZATION
		2-4. DISINFECTION
		2-5. PROCEDURE FOR APPLYING MEDICAL ASEPSIS
	EXERCISES
	SOLUTIONS
LESSON 3
	SURGICAL ASEPSIS AND STERILE TECHNIQUE
		3-1. PRINCIPLES OF STERILE TECHNIQUE
		3-2. BASIC STEPS IN STERILE TECHNIQUE
		3-3. CREATING A STERILE FIELD
		3-4. ADDING STERILE OBJECTS TO A STERILE FIELD
		3-5. GIVING STERILE ITEMS TO ANOTHER WORKER
		3-6. OPENING AND POURING STERILE LIQUIDS
		3-7. ASSISTING WITH THE WITHDRAWAL OF STERILE SOLUTION FROM A VIAL
		3-8. NOTIFYING PERSONNEL THAT STERILE FIELD IS CONTAMINATED
	EXERCISES
	SOLUTIONS
LESSON 4
	Section I. CHANGING A STERILE DRESSING
		4-1. PURPOSE OF DRESSINGS
		4-2. DRESSING MATERIALS
		4-3. BANDAGES AND TAPES
		4-4. REQUIREMENT TO CHANGE OR REINFORCE A DRESSING
		4-5. REMOVING A SOILED DRESSING
		4-6. CLEANSING A WOUND
		4-7. PROCEDURES FOR APPLYING A STERILE DRESSING
		4-8. FINAL PROCEDURES
	Section II. WOUND IRRIGATION
		4-9. PURPOSE
		4-10. PROCEDURE FOR IRRIGATING A WOUND
	Section III. PREPARING A WOUND FOR OPERATIVE TREATMENT
		4-11. GENERAL
		4-12. PREPARE PATIENT AND MATERIALS
		4-13. PREPARE THE WOUND AREA
		4-14. FINAL PROCEDURES
	EXERCISES
	SOLUTIONS
LESSON 5
	Section I. Types of Isolation
		5-1. CATEGORIES OF ISOLATION
		5-2. SIGNS USED TO IDENTIFY TYPES OF ISOLATION
	Section II. ISOLATION TECHNIQUES
		5-3. GENERAL
		5-4. ROOM
		5-5. HOSPITAL PERSONNEL
		5-6. EQUIPMENT
		5-7. SUPPLIES AND OTHER ITEMS
		5-8. CLEANING
		5-9. VISITORS
		5-10. TRANSPORTING PATIENTS
	EXERCISES
	SOLUTIONS