INFECTION PREVENTION:
THE SET OF METHODS PRACTICED IN
HEALTHCARE FACILITIES TO PREVENT AND CONTROL THE
SPREAD OF DISEASE
FACILITIES ARE REQUIRED TO EMPLOY A HEALTH PROFESSIONAL
CALLED AN
INFECTION PREVENTIONIST
LOCALIZED INFECTION
LIMITED TO A SPECIFIC
LOCATION IN THE BODY. HAS
LOCAL SYMPTOMS, WHICH
MEANS THE SYMPTOMS ARE
NEAR THE SITE OF INFECTION
SYSTEMIC INFECTION
AFFECTS THE ENTIRE
BODY. TRAVELS THROUGH
THE BLOODSTREAM AND IS
SPREAD THROUGHOUT THE
BODY.
HEALTHCARE-ASSOCIATED
INFECTION (HAI)
AN INFECTION ACQUIRED IN
A HEALTHCARE SETTING
DURING THE DELIVERY OF
MEDICAL CARE
THE CHAIN OF INFECTION
A WAY OF
DESCRIBING HOW DISEASE IS TRANSMITTED
FORM ONE HUMAN BEING TO ANOTHER
MEDICAL ASEPSIS
REFERS TO MEASURES
USED TO REDUCE AND PREVENT THE SPREAD
OF PATHOGENS. MEDICAL ASEPSIS IS USED IN
ALL HEALTHCARE SETTINGS.
SURGICAL ASEPSIS AKA STERILE TECHNIQUE
MAKES AN OBJECT OR AREA FREE OF ALL
MICROORGANISMS (NOT JUST PATHOGENS)
THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION (CDC
FEDERAL GOV’T AGENCY THAT ISSUES GUIDELINES TO PROTECT &
IMPROVE THE HEALTH OF INDIVIDUALS AND COMMUNITIES.
WITHIN THE INFECTION
PREVENTION SYSTEM…
STANDARD PRECAUTIONS AND TRANSMISSION BASED
PRECAUTIONS
TWO LEVELS OF PRECAUTIONS
TO DON
TO DOFF
MEANS TO TAKE OFF
