Chapter 18: Sterilization and Disinfection

hazardous chemicals used In the medical office

, sanitization, disinfection, and ster-ilization procedures involve

Competency

Ability, acrequate salary

Hazardous chemical

Any chemical which is classified as a health or physical hazard, a simple asphyxiant, a combustible dust, pyrophoric gas or hazard not otherwise classified.

Why should wear gloves during satirization procedure ?

Disposable gloves act as a barrier to protect the medical assistant from infectious materials. Transporting contaminated instruments in a covered basin promotes infection control.

Cerumen

Earwax

Myopia

Nearsightedness

Surgical asepsis

Practices that keep objects and areas sterile or free from microorganism

What are the informations required of A material safety data sheet MSDA ?

Provides information regarding the chemical , it's Harzards, and measure to take to prevent injury and illness when handling chemical .can keep on file stored in the workplace.

Crusts ampularis

Receptor organ located within the ampulla of the semicircular canals, functions in dynamic equilibrium

The Hazard Communication Standard requirements?

that manu-facturers of hazardous chemicals follow GHS guidelines in preparing an SDS. GHS guidelines require that the infor-mation on the SDS be presented using a standardized 16-section format that follows a specified sequence

2 diseases that are caused by bacteria that produce spores?

Clostridium botulinum( causes botulism ) Clostridium tetani ( causes tetanus)

The purpose of Hazard Communication Standard ?

HCS is to ensure that employees are informed of the hazards associated with chemicals in their workplace and the pre-cautions to take to protect themselves when working with hazardous chemicals.

What is the purpose of sanitizing an article ?

Sanitization designed to remove organic material from an article and to reduce to a safe level the number of microorganisms on the article

Sterilization

The process of destroying all forms of microbial life, including bacterial spores.

Synapse

The region communication between two neurons

What is the advance of using ultrasound method to clean instrument ?

The ultrasound method offers a safety advantage in that instruments do not have to be handled during the cleaning proce

PH

The unit that describes the acidity alkalinity of a solution

haemostat

['hi:məstæt] Cách viết khác : hemostat ['hi:məstæt] danh từ (y học) cái kẹp cầm máu

HCS requires that each container of a hazardous chem-ical information ?

be labeled by the manufacturer with a warning to alert the user that the chemical is dangerous.

Disinfection

is the process of destroying pathogenic micro-organisms, but it does not kill bacterial spores