Infection Prevention in the OR
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What are the 3 main sources of infection.
patient, HCP, environment
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Aseptic OR practices include:
Surgical attire/PPE
(wrong answers:
Surgical hand antisepsis,
skin antisepsis,
maintaining a sterile field,
traffic patterns,
being on time for procedure,
Patient vital signs ,
clean bathrooms)
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What are considered PPE?
Surgical gown
(wrong answers:
Surgical scrubs,
Surgical masks,
Surgical socks ,
Surgical Gloves )
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What is the single most important way to prevent transmission of disease?
Hand antisepsis