Download InService Medical Device Act & Infection Control

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IN-SERVICE TRAINING
Topics Covered:
• Safe Medical Devices Act (SMDA)
• Infection Control
• Exposure Risk Management
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SMDA – Safe Medical Devices Act
The Safe Medical Devices Act (SMDA)
is a federal act designed to identify
any medical device problems that
pose a threat to public health and
safety.
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Learning Objectives
• Define “medical device”
• Discuss how to report incidents
involving medical devices
• Discuss the types of events that must
be reported
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What Is A Medical Device?
A medical device is any piece of equipment
used in patient care EXCEPT drugs.
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Hospital Beds
Wheelchairs
Oxygen
Walkers, Canes
Catheters
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Air mattresses
Hoyer Lifts
Suction Equipment
Artificial Limbs
Wound Vacs
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What Is A Serious Injury?
• Life threatening
• Results in permanent impairment or
damage to a body structure or function
• Necessitates medical or surgical
intervention to prevent permanent
impairment or damage
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What Is Your Responsibility?
• Inspect assistive equipment/medical devices on each
visit
• Instruct patients not to use broken equipment until
it is repaired or replaced
• Tag broken equipment DEFECTIVE – DO NOT USE
• Report broken equipment to the medical equipment
company and to your supervisor
CALL 911 AND NOTIFY THE OFFICE IMMEDIATELY IF A PIECE
OF MEDICAL EQUIPMENT HAS CAUSED SERIOUS INJURY
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What Is The Agency’s
Responsibility?
• To report any event to the FDA where a
medical device has resulted in serious
injury or death
• To maintain records of all incidents
involving medical devices
• To educate staff annually regarding the
requirements of SMDA
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Infection Control and Exposure
Risk Management
Many of the clients that you will work
with as a caregiver will be vulnerable to
catching diseases. To protect yourself
and your client from exposure, you will
take standard precautions with every
client. For these methods to be
effective, they must be used
consistently!
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Learning Objectives
• Identify risk factors for infection
• Discuss different ways infections are
transmitted
• Identify ways to protect the client and
yourself from exposure and prevent the
spread of infection
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Risk Factors for Infection
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Very young or very old age
Poor general health
Stress and fatigue
Indwelling medical devices
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Ways Infections Are
Transmitted
• Through the air
• Through contact with an infected person or objects
that the person has used.
• Through bodily fluids (urine, feces, saliva, blood,
wound drainage) Sweat and Tears are NOT infectious
• Needlesticks, cuts from contaminated glass, and
splashes and sprays of contaminated body fluids can
put a health care worker at risk for a bloodborne
disease.
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How To Protect Yourself and
Your Client
• Gloves, gowns, masks (PPE) must be worn if the
possibility exists that you could come in contact with
blood or other body fluids.
• Handwashing is the most important method of
preventing the spread of infection. If accidental
exposure to blood or other body substances occurs, hands
must be washed thoroughly and immediately.
• Sharps, such as used needles, razors or broken glass must
be disposed of properly. Contaminated, broken glass
should not be handled, even with gloved hands. They
should be swept or vacuumed up for disposal.
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