Aseptic Technique

free from microorganisms

• Clean

• asepsis

• Disinfectant

• Sterilization

general practice of asepsis and disinfecting in order to prevent disease transmission in patients

• Sterilization

• Disinfectant

• aseptic technique

• Clean

What is the first barrier of defense?

• Skin

• Hair

• Nails

• Immune system

What poses more of a risk for infection, as well as surgeries involving deep cavities, immune-compromised patients, and orthopedic surgeries

• Shorter surgeries

• Abscess

• Dental procedures

• Longer surgeries

Destruction of microorganisms on the surface of an object

• Sterilization

• disinfectant

• asepsis

• clean

Destruction of most pathogenic microorganisms on inanimate (non-living) objects

• Clean

• Asepsis

• Disinfection

• Sterilization

Destruction of most pathogenic microorganisms on animate (living) objects

• disinfectant

• asepsis

• clean

• Sterilization

Any break in ____ may lead to a potentially life threatening patient infection, delayed healing, or patient death

• asepsis

• disinfectant

• sterilization

• clean

___ governs the patient, the health care team, the surgical suite, the instruments, and all items housed within the surgical area

• sterilization

• clean

• disinfectant

• asepsis

The ____ should have a separate ventilation system area than the rest of the hospital

• treatment area

• surgical suite

• kennel area

• reception area