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Monday, August 24, 2015
Look 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?
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/floridadepartment-of-health-confirms-measles-case
Asepsis = being free of diseaseproducing 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?