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| The primary goal of the surgeon is: |
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| The correction of disease |
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| The primary goal of the technician is: |
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One celled organisms creating parasitic disease
Ex: Toxoplasmosis, Coccidiosis |
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| Plants that must exist as parasites due to their inability to synthesis their own food and normally cause skin disease |
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Fungi
Ex: Fungal pneumonia's, fungal infection of internal organs(liver,kidneys, etc...) |
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| A Major concern when cleaning & sterilizing, you should always educate clients on its importance of prevention: |
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| The prevention of hospital-acquired infections is the desired result of: |
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Aseptic Technique
Note: This involves Pre & Post- surgical asepsis |
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| Usually occurs over a boney providence and can have added problems if urine scolding occurs, the best treatment is prevention |
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| Decubital Ulcer "Bed Sores" |
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| Elimination or control of the source of disease can be accomplished if efforts are made by: |
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- Quarantine
- Isolation
- Euthanasia
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| How can you increase the ability of the host to resist disease? |
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- Adequate diet
- Therapeutic agents
- General Hygiene
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| Preventing transmission of microbes by: |
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- Washing Hands
- Adequate ventilation
- Physical and chemical control
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| Name three types of physical classification: |
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- Filtration
- Radiation
- Heat
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| The use of a filter to separate particulate matter from liquids or gases: |
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Filtration
Note: Commonly used on pharmaceuticals |
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These are primarly used during production & packaging of certain surgical products:
Ex: Gloves & Some suture material |
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Radiation
Remember: There are differnt types of radiation |
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| This type of radiation has a drying effect that causes mutations of the nucleic acid in microorganisms and is commonly used on surfaces and can disinfect air. |
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| Type of radiation that is rapid and continuous |
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| This radiation is commonly used to prepackage suture material, gloves, and rubber tubing |
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| The most common method of sterilization |
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| Accomplished by either boiling or steam under pressure and kills microbes by coagulating critical cellular proteins |
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| More difficult to control unlike its counterpart, longer sterilization period and kills microbes by protein oxidation |
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| Only sanitizes at 60°C(140°F) or higher and sanitizing can be increased with scrubbing and detergent use, this doesn't sterilize |
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Hot Water
Ex: Automatic dishwashers, Clothes washers |
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| Rarely used because spores and viruses resist destruction at this temperature for extended periods of time, the maximum temperature is reached at 100°C(212°F) |
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Boiling
Remember: When boiling for 10 minutes it will only destroy vegetative bacteria |
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| Has the same problem as boiling but is used at a large scale (steel cages) and the temperature must be at 212°F for 30 to 45 minutes to be effective |
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| When used properly it kills all forms of microbial life including spores and cysts and incorporates steam under pressure |
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| Generally an autoclave is run for 30 minutes ideally at what temperature and psi does it run at? |
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| Why is tap water contraindicated when using an autoclave? |
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| Tap water has minerals that will deposit and clog over time which is why, it is ideal for distilled water to be used. |
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| When can the autoclave door be opened? |
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| The autoclave door can be opend when there is 0 psi and the temperature has dropped to 212°F |
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| What is the common protocol for flash sterilization use? |
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| 3-4 minutes unwrapped at 270°F-272°F at 15 psi |
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| As moisture evaporates from soiled materials this occurs |
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Particles from the soiled material disperse by small air currents
Remember: Although drying inhibits growth of MO's-it may also increase dispersal of particles containing viable microbes if not cleaned ASAP |
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| Gives complete destruction of materials that are non-reuseable and have no value |
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| Refering to incineration the material must be completely reduced to ash and if any partially burned lumps remain this can occur: |
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| Microorganisms may still be present and the partially charred piece may actually protect the microorganism |
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| Used at a temperature of 150°C-170°C(340°F) for 3 hours this is economical and does not corroid metals or dull sharp edges however it does take longer and is not recommended for paper, cloth, plastic, or rubber. What am I? |
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| Gluteraldehyde and Chlorhexidine (Diluted Nolvasan Solution) are the most common agents of what chemical classification category? |
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| Gases are used on items that cannot tolerate high temperatures or steam. Name two of the most common gas agents. |
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- Ethlene Oxide
- Hydrogen Peroxide Gas Plasma (Safer than EO but cannot penetrate walls of an instruement)
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| Primarily used in an industry, institution and military this gas inactivates DNA preventing cell reproduction and very poisonous, explosive and flammable. |
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Ethylene Oxide (EO Gas)
Remember: Item must air out for a minimum of 7 days |
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| Required with every pack these indicate whether or not the autoclave are working properly there are many types |
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| This item changes color when exposed to heat and does not indicate sterility but indicates whether or not an item has been processed |
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| Vials or paper strips impregnated with lead that is inoculated onto a growth medium to determine sterility. This process takes two days. What am I? |
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Biological Indicators
(Bacillus Stearothermophilus) |
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| Water pulling through sterile material contaminating it with bacteria is called: |
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| A practice of soaking objects in disinfectant solutions mainly used for dirty or minor procedures cleaning the instruments well within a minimum 15 minutes soaking or 3 hours to be considered sterile. |
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Cold Sterilization
Remember: Solution should be changed in a minimum of every 2 weeks or more often if it gets dirty and date labeled with name or intitals. |
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| The use of disinfectants are used for animal cages, counters and floors which are examples of inanimate or animate objects? |
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| The use of antiseptics are used on wounds, surgical sites, and the surgeon's hands these are examples of inanimate or animate ? |
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| What type of chemical disinfectant are used on inanmate objects? |
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- Phenols
- Quaternary Ammonium Compounds
- Aldehydes
- Alcohols
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What type of antiseptics are used on animate objects? |
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- Halogens
- Biguanides
- Hydrogen Peroxide
- Soaps and Detergents
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| Commonly used if an allegry to Chlorhexidine or Iodine is present, this conatins carbonic acid-Hexacholorophene. |
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Phenols
Example: PhisoHex Hand Scrub |
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| Never to be mixed with bleach because it will form a toxic cloud which can cause a fatal acute asthmatic attack resulting in death. |
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Quaternary Ammonium
Example: Roccal, Benzalkonium, Chloride
Remember:Very effective against bacteria not spores or viruses |
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| These are toxic and irritating and it is important to wear gloves when handling. |
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Aldehydes
Ex: Formaldehyde & Gluteraldehyde |
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| This evaporates rapidly and leaves no residue and should also not be used in open wounds because it is cytotoxic/painful. |
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Alcohol
Example: 50% or 70% Isopropyl/Ethyl and 99% Isopropyl (Not use don patients but suture material)
Remember: Bactericidial and ineffective against spores and fungus. |
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A common surface disinfectant which is among one of the very first agents used, that can be cytotoxic at improper dilutions.
Hint: Dilution at 1:30 kills viruses including parvo |
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Example of Halogens: Chloride Compounds
Note: An example of Chloride Compounds is Sodium Hypochlorite (Bleach) |
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| Used only on intact skin and is not common in vet practices. An aqueous solution must be greatly diluted to use on living tissue. |
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Iodines
Example: Tincture(2% Iodine/50% Ethyl Alcohol |
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| Iodine combined with carrier molecule more commonly used in vet practices and is available as a scrub solution. |
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Idophors
Example: Providine-Iodine Srub/Solution |
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| Examples of Biguanides are: |
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| Chlorhexidine (Nolvasan) and Nolvasan-S which is used only on inanimate objects unlike Chlorhexidine |
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True or False
There are ideal chemical disinfectants |
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