Monday, August 24, 2015Look at the seating chart to find your new seat.Turn in your Government regulations worksheet in the blue basket (if you didn’t turn it in last class).Grab a red book off the back counter.Get out paper and something to write with.

Reminder

Poster Topic: Safety is the responsibility of every health care worker

Due tomorrow

Today’s LEQs

What is the responsibility of OSHA?

Read pgs. 285-290 on “Preventing Accidents and Injuries”. Read it again even if you already read it.

Answer in a complete sentence:What does OSHA do?

Infection Control Student Learning Map

Unit Essential Question: What is infection control and how would you break the chain of infection?

Lesson Essential Questions:How do health care workers carry out proper

aseptic hand washing? What is PPE and how is it properly used? In what ways are blood borne pathogens

transmitted? What community resources are available to

individuals infected with blood borne pathogens?

Copy on a

new sheet of

paper

What behaviors put a person at risk for contracting HIV / AIDS?

What laws govern AIDS and AIDS testing?

Key Terms Standard precautions Biohazard Asepsis Pathogen Nosocomial Bacteria virus

Define the key terms for Infection Control

You may use your book and / or your phone

Tuesday, August 25, 2015

Turn in Safety Poster w/ the judging sheet on the lab table – make sure your name is on the poster & the judging sheet

Get a red book Sit in your ASSIGNED SEAT Get out the Infection Control work you

started yesterday

Let’s go over the key terms

Standard precautions Biohazard Asepsis Pathogen Nosocomial Bacteria virus

On your paper…

How do health care workers prevent the spread of infectious disease? List as many as you can think of

Using pgs. 301-303

List out the components in the chain of infection

Provide a brief description of each

Think about it…

Which links in the chain of infection do you think are easiest to break? Why?

Modes of Transmission

Airborne Bloodborne Vectorborne – a vector (such as lice, ticks,

or mosquitoes) becomes infected and then infects the host; may be called indirect transmission

Sexual Foodborne Casual Contact

Measles

Measles is a highly contagious virus that lives in the nose and throat mucus of an infected person. It can spread to others through coughing and sneezing. Also, measles virus can live for up to two hours in an airspace where the infected person coughed or sneezed. If other people breathe the contaminated air or touch the infected surface, then touch their eyes, noses, or mouths, they can become infected. Measles is so contagious that if one person has it, 90% of the people close to that person who are not immune will also become infected.

http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2015/04/16/florida-department-of-health-confirms-measles-case

Asepsis = being free of disease-producing microbes

Levels of aseptic control Antispesis: prevent growth of organisms;

not effective against spores (fungi) & viruses; examples = alcohol & betadine

Disinfection: destroys / kills pathogens; not always effective against spores & viruses; example = bleach; commonly used on objects, not people

Asepsis cont

Sterilization = kills / destroys all microorganisms; usually done by autoclave (machine that uses steam & high pressure); can NOT be used on people; usually used on instruments / tools

Contamination = process of becoming unclean

Supplies & equipment

Many pieces of equipment are disposable, however, non-disposable items must be cleaned & disinfected

Disinfection = process of destroying pathogens Germicides = disinfectants applied to skin,

tissues, and non-living objects Chemical disinfectants – used to clean surfaces

and reusable items

On your paper, answer in complete sentences…

1.What is the responsibility of OSHA?

2.What is infection control and how would you break the chain of infection?