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infection control Fatima Elamin Hamid
PhD student<br>
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infection control Safe care is a basic need of all clients regardless of the setting. Nurses are responsible for providing the client with a safe environment through the delivery of professional, quality nursing care that includes safety precautions, infection control practices, and hygiene assistance.<br>
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infection control cont ….. safe environment:
Safety has a positive association with health promotion
and illness prevention. A safe environment reduces:
1- the risk of accidents
2- subsequent alterations in health
3- alterations lifestyle
4- the cost of health care services.<br>
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infection control cont ….. Client safety in the health care environment requires the reduction of microorganism transmission.
Nurses are responsible for protecting clients and themselves by using infection control practices.<br>
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Why is Infection Control important in health care facilities? 1- In most health care facilities many sick people are treated or cared for in limited spaces. This means there are many microorganisms present.
2- Patients will come into contact with many members of staff who can
potentially spread the microorganisms and infections between patients.
3- Large amounts of waste contaminated with blood and body substances are handled and processed in health care settings increasing the risk of infection.<br>
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infection control terminology 1-Microorganism or microbe or an organism:
a microscopic organism, especially a bacterium, virus, or fungus
2- infectious agents any disease causing microorganism<br>
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infection control terminology cont… 3- Pathogen: A micro-organism that is capable of causing infection.
4- Pathogenicity :is the ability of a microorganism to produce disease.
5- Virulence: is the degree of pathogenicity of an infectious microorganism (pathogen).<br>
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infection control terminology cont… 7- Infection :medical definition :
The invasion and multiplication of microorganisms such as bacteria, viruses, and parasites that are not normally present within the body
7- Infection :is an invasion and multiplication of microorganisms in body tissue that results in cellular injury.
8- Infection : An invasion of pathogens or microorganisms into the body that are capable of producing disease.<br>
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infection control terminology cont… 9-Disinfection:destruction of pathogens by physical or chemical means
10- Disinfectant :A chemical agent which under defined conditions is capable of disinfection.
11- Bloodborne Pathogens: Microorganisms capable of causing disease in blood.<br>
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infection control terminology cont… 12 - communicable diseases: Diseases produced by
infectious agents.
13- communicable diseases : diseases caused by pathogens that spread easily<br>
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infection control terminology cont… 14- Colonization: When micro-organisms are present on or in a person but not currently causing any harm,
15- Colonization: is the multiplication of microorganisms on or within a host that does not result in cellular injury.<br>
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infection control terminology cont… 16- Flora: are microorganisms on the human body.
There are two types of flora:
1- resident
2- transient.<br>
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infection control terminology cont… Resident flora are microorganisms that are always present, usually without altering the client’s health.
Transient flora are microorganisms that are episodic (irregular). They attach to the skin for a brief period of time but do not continually live on the skin.
Transient flora are usually acquired from direct contact with the microorganisms on environmental surfaces.<br>
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infection control terminology cont… 17- Cross-infection : is one term given to the transmission of infectious agents between patients within the healthcare setting.
18-cross infection : infection transmitted between patients infected with different pathogenic microorganisms.<br>
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infection control terminology cont… 19- Nosocomial infections:Hospital-acquired infection : are infections acquired in the hospital or other health care facilities that were not present or incubating at the time of the client’s admission.<br>
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infection control terminology cont… 20- Sepsis: Infection
21- Asepsis :Freedom from disease-causing organisms<br>
