1. Infection Control for Medical Asepsis
Chapter 22
Infection Control for Medical Asepsis

2. Impact of Infectious Diseases
Louis Pasteur and Robert Koch
Antibiotics and vaccines
Edward Jenner
Epidemiology

3. Impact of Infectious Diseases
Infection control and prevention
Resistant microorganisms
Bloodborne pathogen transmission
Increased immunosuppressed populations

4. Impact of Infectious Diseases
Global access
Effect infectious diseases have on lifestyles

5. The Process of Infection
Caused by pathogenic microorganisms capable of causing disease
Normal flora
Similar steps occur in all infectious diseases
Apply theory of disease growth and transmission

6. Chain of Infection Infection Agents Viruses Bacteria Parasites
Rickettsiae

7. Chain of Infection Reservoir Portal of Exit Means of Transmission
Portal of Entry
Susceptible Host
Means of Transmission (discuss the Critical Thinking Box)

8. The Body’s Defense Mechanisms for Fighting Infection and Disease
Inflammatory response
Steps to inflammatory process
The immune system and immunity
The body’s natural barriers
Immunization

9. Stages of Infectious Diseases
Incubation stage
Prodromal stage
Acute stage
Declining stage
Convalescent stage

10. AIDS and Hepatitis B, C AIDS Acute viral hepatitis diseases
Symptoms of hepatitis B, C
Transmission of HIV and HBV, HCV

11. Reporting Infectious Diseases

12. Standard Precautions Standard precautions
Transmission-based precautions
Blood and body fluids
Personal protective equipment
(see Procedure 22-3 in the text)
(discuss the Critical Thinking Box)

13. Standard Precautions Transmission-based precautions Needlesticks
Disposal of infectious wastes
Education institutions and standard precautions

14. OSHA The Bloodborne Pathogen Standard
Blood and other potentially infectious material (OPIM)
Bloodborne pathogens
Exposure determination
Plan to control exposure
Methods of compliance to prevent exposure

15. OSHA
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16. OSHA OSHA regulations and students
Avoiding exposure to bloodborne pathogens

17. Medical Asepsis
Hand washing
See procedures: 22-1, 22-2, 22-4, 22-5

18. Medical Asepsis
Sanitization >>
Disinfection

19. Removing Contaminated Gloves

20. Bioterrorism
Agents
Transmission
Vaccine availability and treatment