Title: Implement standard precautions and infectious disease control measures.
Course: Health Assisting Careers (14002-36) > Section: Incorporating Safety Procedures

Definition

Implementation should include

- use of standard precautions
- transmission-based precautions
- blood-borne pathogen standards
- hand hygiene
- medical asepsis.

Process/Skill Questions:

- How would you explain general principles of asepsis?
- How would you explain and practice standard precautions?
- How would you differentiate between pathogenic and non-pathogenic organisms?
- What are the links in the chain of infection?
- How can disease transmission be prevented?
- What are the steps in hand hygiene?