GERMAN 1B03 Study Guide - Final Guide: Universal Precautions, Body Fluid, Bloodborne
22 Oct 2015
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Visitor (people feel obligated to visit nurse should act as gate keepers and keep these people out) Staff (health care practitioners come to work when ill) Environment (there are measures in place to reduce this risk) Food or contamination at the manufacturer (much less common than previously due to new regulations and quality control measures) Indirect contact: skin-to-inanimate object (be sure the clean your stethoscope!) Droplet: coughing, sneezing, spit (droplets can be propelled 1-2ms away. It"s important to consider the radius that becomes contaminated) (light molecules can stay suspended longer) Blood and body fluids (e. g. hep b, hiv) (may come in contact when a patient received dialysis) Age: neonates lack an adequate immune system; elderly have compromised immune systems (one of the first systems to break down) and are often living in long-term care. Immunosuppression: may be caused by drugs or illness. No immunity: may be induced medically for the purpose of organ transplantation.
