SAFETY AND INFECTION CONTROL

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    • Infection Control - the developed procedures to control and monitor infections within their confines
    • Types of Safety Hazards:
      • Biological
      • Physical
      • Sharps
      • Chemical
      • Radioactive reagents
      • X-ray equipment
      • Electrical
      • Fire or Explosive
      • Gases under pressure
      • Latex sensitivity
    • Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) - regulates workplace safety and health standards
    • Standard Precautions - refer to infection control measures that use barrier protection and work practice controls to prevent contact between skin or mucous membranes and body fluids
    • Isolation - the separation of an infection source from susceptible hosts
    • Protective (reverse) isolation - for patients with severe burns, chemotherapy, organ & bone marrow transplant, and in the nursert
    • Sodium hypochlorite (household bleach) - the disinfectant that is most commonly used in 1:10 dilution
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