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3.03 Understand support services
Aseptic Procedures
Clean and Decontaminate the
Healthcare Environment
Manage Hazardous Materials and
Wastes
Manage and Store Materials
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Aseptic Procedures
Clean and Decontaminate the
Healthcare Environment
Follow standards precaution guidelines
Implement cleaning methods to prevent the
transmission of infectious agents
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Aseptic Procedures
Clean and Decontaminate the
Healthcare Environment
Select procedures and precautions to be
followed when using chemicals
Integrate all infection control
standards with design and
construction activities
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Aseptic Procedures
Manage Hazardous Materials and Wastes
Monitor a waste management program
Develop procedures that minimize customer cost
of supplies, services, and equipment
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Aseptic Procedures
Manage Hazardous Materials and
Wastes
Ensure that regulated waste is
handled
packaged
stored
disposed of
in accordance with federal, state, and local
regulations
Maintain appropriate documentation
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Aseptic Procedures
Manage and Store Materials
Handle and store sterile and nonsterile items properly
Control inventory and distribution
of materials
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Aseptic Procedures
Manage and Store Materials
Purchase materials, supplies, and equipment
within budget
Monitor materials
distribution
consumption
pilferage
Provide space for storage
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Clean and Decontaminate
the Healthcare Environment
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Aseptic Procedures
Clean and Decontaminate
the Healthcare Environment
Environmental cleaning
method for cleaning low-risk environmental
surfaces
walls
floors
bathrooms
involves using appropriate detergents
and chemicals
use personal protective equipment
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Clean and Decontaminate
the Healthcare Environment
Pre-cleaning – Don’t delay!
Aims to remove visible soil from:
reusable medical devices
environmental surfaces
medical equipment
Decontamination removes or reduces
infectious organisms
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Clean and Decontaminate
the Healthcare Environment
Disinfection
Used to decontaminate medical devices that
come in contact with mucous membranes, blood
and body fluids
Used for heat sensitive items
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Clean and Decontaminate
the Healthcare Environment
Chemical disinfection
used to disinfect instruments that do not
penetrate body tissue
clean to remove particles or debris
follow manufacturer’s directions
may need to use antirust tablets
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Clean and Decontaminate
the Healthcare Environment
Ultrasonic cleaners
remove debris and provide thorough cleaning
of stainless steel devices with joints, lumens
or other complicated parts that are difficult to
clean by other methods
Cavitation –
Process where a bubble in a fluid is forced to
fluctuate in size or shape, usually by sound
Picks up and carries contaminated particles away
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Clean and Decontaminate
the Healthcare Environment
Sterilizing with an Autoclave
Autoclave uses steam under
pressure or gas to sterilize
equipment and supplies
Destroys all microorganisms
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Aseptic Procedures
Clean and Decontaminate
the Healthcare Environment
Sterilizing with an Autoclave
Wrap items prior to sterilization
Autoclave indicators ensure that
articles are sterile
Consult manufacture’s guide for
length of time
amount of pressure
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Aseptic Procedures
Principles of
Sterile Technique
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Aseptic Procedures
Principles of
Sterile Technique
Surgical Asepsis
Sterile field
Contaminated
Drop technique
Mitten technique
Transfer forceps
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Aseptic Procedures
Principles of
Sterile Technique
Surgical Asepsis
Procedures that keep an object or area free
from living organisms
STERILE
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Aseptic Procedures
Principles of
Sterile Technique
Sterile field – area that is free from all
organisms
2-inch border of sterile field is considered
contaminated
To maintain a sterile field,
never reach across or turn your
back on the sterile field
keep the sterile field dry
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Principles of
Sterile Technique
Sterile Packages
Check expiration date: do not use if past
Check sterile indicator
Opening Sterile Packages
Touch only the outside of the wrap to
pull the top flap away from you
pull the wrap out to the side, on each side of the package
pull back on the wrap to open the side nearest you
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Aseptic Procedures
Principles of
Sterile Technique
Contaminated - organisms are present
Never reach across or turn your
back on the sterile field
When in doubt, consider
it contaminated!
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Principles of
Sterile Technique
Add an item to the sterile tray
Drop technique
Mitten technique
Transfer forceps
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Wrapping Instruments for
Autoclave
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Donning and Removing
Sterile Gloves
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