Details Title: 12 PRINCIPLES OF ASEPTIC TECH Description: ASEPTIC TECHNIQUE Total Flash Cards: 7 Created: 04/02/2009 12:23:31		New Users: To study from this flashcard set, or to create your own your own study flash cards, REGISTER HERE. Existing Users: CLICK HERE. Additional Medical Flashcards
Cards in this set: Term 12 STEPS OF ASEPTIC TECHNIQUE 1-6 Definition 1. UN-STERILE PERSONS AVOID STERILE AREAS 2. STERILE PERSONS AVOID LEANING OVER AN UN-STERILE AREA. UN-STERILE PERSONS AVOID LEANING OVER STERILE FIELD. 3. PERSONS WHO ARE STERILE TOUCH ONLY STERILE ITEMS/AREAS. UNSTERILE PERSONS TOUCH ONLY NON-STERILE ITEMS ARE SPACES. 4. STERILE AREAS ARE CONTINUOUSLY KEPT IN VIEW. 5. ONLY STERILE ITEMS ARE USED WITHIN A STERILE FIELD. 6. MICROORGANISMS MUST BE KEPT TO AN IRREDUCIBLE MINIMUM Term 12 STEPS OF ASEPTIC TECHNIQUE 7-12 Definition 7. DESTRUCTION OF THE INTEGRITY OF MICROBIAL BARRIERS RESULTS IN CONTAMINATION. 8. GOWNS ARE CONSIDERED STERILE FROM TABLE LEVEL TO CHEST LEVEL IN FRONT INCLUDING SLEEVES TO 2 IN ABOVE THE ELBOWS 9. AS STRERILE PACKAGES ARE OPENED, THE EDGES OF THE WRAPPER ARE CONSIDERED UNSTERILE 10. STERILE PERSONS KEEP WITHIN STERILE AREAS. 11. DRAPED TABLES ARE STERILE ONLY AT TABLE LEVEL 12. A STERILE FIELD IS CREATED AS CLOSE TO THE TIME OF USE AS POSSIBLE. Term CONTAMINATION Definition RESULT OF PHYSICAL CONTACT BETWEEN A STERILE SURFACE AND A NONSTERILE SURFACE IN SURGERY. Term PATHOGEN Definition DISEASE CAUSING MICROORGANISM Term ASEPSIS Definition "WITHOUT INFECTION". THE ABSENCE OF PATHOGENIC MICROORGANISMS ON AN ANIMATE SURFACE OR ON BODY TISSUE. Term STERILE Definition ABSENCE OF ALL MICROORGANISMS AND SPORES Term SURGICAL CONSCIENCE Definition THE ETHICAL AND PROFESSIONAL MOTIVATION THAT REGULATES ONE'S ASEPTIC TECHNIQUE.