Question | Answer |
personal hygiene req'd x9 | hair, jewelry, hand care, nails, broken skin, hand lotion, soaps, storage & dispensing hand care products, hand washing |
4 goals of hand washing | reduce transient micro-organisms, remove greasy film on hands, loosen debris and micro-organisms, disinfect hands |
6 times to wash hands in lab | at beginning of each clinic, prior to pt care, gefore gloving and after degloving, during tx & if object is touched that may cause contamination, if integrity of glove is compromised, end of clinic before leaving |
handwashing steps x6 | cool/warm water, ample antimicrobial soap, rub 15-20 sec, rinse 10 sec, repeat, dry w/ single use towel |
short scrub define | hand antisepsis, removal & destruction of transient MO, mechanical removal &killing or inhibiting MO |
steps in short scrub | lather w/antimicrobial soap-both hands, with lather-scrub lightly, five stroke method front-back-between fingers on each hand, brush nails, rinse well, towel dry |
1 difference in surgical scrub v. short scrub | surgical also reduces resident flora |
criteria for glove selection x6 | reduce contact of DHCW w/ poss contaminated materials, effective barrier, impermeable to blood or saliva, impervious to materials used in dentistry, non irritating to skin or patient, must fit comfortably-no pull on palm |
criteria for wearing gloves x4 | reduce cross contamination, reduce blood and saliva contact, reduce transient MO transfer from DHCW to patient, never worn outside immediate treatment area unless overgloved |
exam or procedure glove description | non-sterile latex, vinyl, powder or powder free, one time use, ambidextrous |
surgical glove description | sterile laytex, package R&L together, laytex free, powder or powder free, one time use, R&L designated |
over glove description | vinyl or copolymer, protects contaminated gloves, reduce cross contamination cover exam gloves in tx area, cover exam gloves when leaving tx room |
nitrile glove used for x4 | handling contaminated instruments, handling chemicals or infectious waste, cleaning environmental surfaces, autoclave at end of week |