English for health care professionals- Aseptic practice

Which of these are dangerous?

• sepsis

• asepsis

• admission

Careful hand ______ is needed

before and after every patient

contact.

• precaution

• disinfection

• magnification

This is a means of breaking the

chain of infection.

• contamination

• transmission

• isolation

These are worn during

procedures and patient-care

activities that may involve

splashes of blood, body fluids,

• hats

• trousers

• aprons

_____ gloves are used in

surgical operations and minor

aseptic procedures.

• nonsterile

• specimen

• sterile

Patients whose ______ is lowered

are at a higher risk of getting

infected.

• MRSA

• membrane

• resistance

______ items are used only once

and then they are discarded.

• disposable

• reusable

• aseptic

This is used to take a sample

from a patient’s mouth.

• a rag

• a gag

• a swab

Hospitalised patients are ______

to harmful micro-organisms.

• susceptible

• exposed

• life-threatening

Hospital infections are ______

in the hospital setting sometime

after the time of admission.

• acquired

• assured

• awarded