Safety

Medical asepsis

Surgical asepsis

Sterile

Drop the entire sharp into a sharps container

Recap or break any needles and drop into a sharps container

Wrap the sharp in a paper towel and place in a biohazardous waster container

Rinse the sharp under running water and place in the biohazardous waste container

Until a glove tears

Until a glove looks visibly contaminated

During care for a couple of patients

During care for one patient

Only when they are visibly dirty

At the beginning of the work day

Before providing care and between patients

Every 20 minutes

All patients should be considered infectious

Senior patients who are frail

A patient you know to have a drug problem

An infant with a high fever

Tongue depressor

Needles

Syringes

Surgical blades

The garments need to be stored inside the room for the next visitor

Masks and eyewear can inhibit vision and cause an accident in the hallway

There are no biohazardous bags outside of the isolation room

It would increase the risk of spreading infection

Flushed down the toilet in the patient's room

Thrown in a garbage bag outside of the room

Thrown in the trash in the patient's room

Carried to the cafeteria and thrown out

Move the patient to an isolation room

Keep the room at negative pressure

Those who enter the room should wear respiratory protection

Maintain a room temperature of 90 degrees

Touching an open wound

Inhaling air droplets after a sneeze

Touching a doorknob after an infected person

Using a toilet seat after an infected person

Wearing a HEPA filter mask

Wearing a standard surgical mask

Keeping the room at negative pressure

All of the above

Your initials and department, along with the name of the items in the package

Name of the items inside the package and the date the package was stored

Name of the items inside the package and the temperature of the autoclave

Items contained, the date of sterilization, and your initials

Don non-sterile gloves, open the package, and put the package wrapper on the sterile tray

Don sterile gloves, open the package, and pick items up out of the container

Place the package on the sterile field and open with ungloved hands

Open with ungloved hands, but be careful not to touch the inside of the package

Items are considered contaminated if they touch skin or clothing

Never reach across a sterile area

Only items that become contaminated must be replaced

Sterile fields must be kept dry

Items should only be wrapped using one sheet of autoclave paper

Items for a specific procedure are often wrapped together

Items must be wrapped as tightly as possible

The outside of the wrapper is considered sterile after autoclaving

When treating an open wound

When removing a dressing

When collecting a urine sample from a patient

When bathing a patient