Question

STANDARD PRECAUTIONS 1. WHAT ARE STANDARD PRECAUTIONS? 2. WHAT ARE ADDITIONAL PRECAUTIONS? 3. LIST THREE TYPES OF BASIC INFECTION CONTROL TERMS AND THEIR MEANING 4 INFECTIONS ARE SPREAD WHEN HEALTH CARE WORKERS DO NOT

Answer 1

1. Standard precautions are defined as the minimum amount of practice to prevent infections that apply to all patient care services at all healthcare organizations. Some standard precautions include :

- Hand hygiene

- Use of gloves, masks, eyewear

- Respiratory hygiene

- safe injection practice

2. Additional precautions are practices and prevention methods required to prevent prevent infections other than regular or routine practices.

3. a) personal protective instruments : equipments or garments used by healthcare workers to prevent injury and infection. Eg: eye goggles, gloves, masks.

b) antisepsis : inhibition of growth of micro organism on living tissue that can cause infection.

c) disinfectant : any agent that is capable of disinfecting

4. Infections are spread when health care workers do not follow standard precautions.