What is an infection? Correct Answer: An invasion of body tissue by organisms that are invisible to the eye.
Dialysis surfaces must be disinfected with what solution? Correct Answer: 1:100 bleach solution
Large b
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What is an infection? Correct Answer: An invasion of body tissue by organisms that are invisible to the eye.
Dialysis surfaces must be disinfected with what solution? Correct Answer: 1:100 bleach solution
Large blood spills over 10ml must be disinfected with what solution? Correct Answer: 1:10 bleach solution
What is Aseptic technique? Correct Answer: Practices and procedures performed under carefully controlled conditions. Minimizing contamination by pathogens.
When sterile meets sterile.. Correct Answer: It remains sterile
When sterile meets clean.. Correct Answer: It becomes clean
When sterile or clean meet dirty.. Correct Answer: It becomes dirty
PPE Correct Answer: Personal Protective Equipment. Full face shield or mask, eyewear with full side shield, and fluid-resistant gowns and gloves.
3 blood borne pathogens that may be found in a dialysis unit Correct Answer: Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C, and HIV
What is an exposure incident? Correct Answer: A bloody/body fluid splash/spray occurring to the eyes nose or mouth, or non-intact skin.
What steps should you take if you have been exposed to the fluids? Correct Answer: Wash/rinse immediately. Report to CM. Seek medical treatment.
What is hepatitis? Correct Answer: Inflammation of the liver due to various causes
How can the viral form of hepatitis be spread? Correct Answer: Hep A- via contaminated food and the oral-fecal route
Hep B & C- via exposure to blood/body fluids
Why are patients with Hep B dialyzed in isolation room? Correct Answer: Extremely contagious, lives outside the body for extended periods. (up to 7 days)
Why do we dialyze Hep C patients in the clinical area? Correct Answer: Not as contagious as Hep B. HCV is not known to survive very long outside the body
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