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    This document summarizes key points about infection control from Chapter 34 of Potter and Perry's Canadian Fundamentals of Nursing. It outlines that hand hygiene is the most important technique for preventing infection transmission. It also discusses the chain of infection, common sites of healthcare-associated infections, increased risk from procedures and hospitalization, and isolation practices. Standard and transmission-based precautions are described as well as the roles of cleansing, asepsis, and infection control professionals.

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    Astle/Duggleby: Potter and Perry’s Canadian Fundamentals of Nursing, 7th

    Edition

    Chapter 34: Infection Control

    Key Points – Printable

    • Hand hygiene is the most important technique to use in preventing and controlling the
    transmission of infection.
    • The potential for microorganisms to cause disease depends on the number of organisms, their
    virulence, their ability to enter and survive in a host, and the susceptibility of the host.
    • Normal body flora help to resist infection by releasing antibacterial substances and inhibiting
    the multiplication of pathogenic microorganisms.
    • The signs of local inflammation and infection are identical.
    • An infection can develop as long as the six elements making up the chain of infection are
    uninterrupted.
    • Microorganisms are transmitted by direct and indirect contact, droplets, airborne particles,
    and contaminated vehicles and vectors.
    • Advancing age, poor nutrition, stress, diseases of the immune system, chronic disease, and
    treatments or conditions that compromise the immune response increase a person’s
    susceptibility to infection.
    • The major sites for health care–associated infection (HAI) are the urinary and respiratory
    tracts, the bloodstream, and surgical or traumatic wounds.
    • The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) now recommends the use of alcohol-
    based waterless antiseptics as an alternative to handwashing to more effectively reduce the
    transmission of microorganisms.
    • Invasive procedures, medical therapies, long hospitalization, and contact with health care
    personnel increase a hospitalized patient’s risk for acquiring an HAI.
    • Isolation practices can prevent personnel and patients from acquiring infections and may
    prevent the transmission of microorganisms.
    • Standard precautions or routine practices entail the use of generic barrier techniques in the
    care of all patients.
    • Transmission-based (isolation) precautions are used for patients with specific, highly
    transmissible infections.
    • Proper cleansing necessitates the mechanical removal of soil from an object or area.
    • A patient in isolation is subject to sensory deprivation because of the restricted environment.
    • An infection control professional monitors the incidence of infection within an institution and
    provides educational and consultative services to maintain infection prevention.

    Copyright © 2024 Elsevier, Inc. All rights reserved.


    Key Points 34-2

    • Surgical asepsis necessitates more stringent techniques than does medical asepsis and is
    directed at eliminating all microorganisms.
    • Surgical aseptic practices are followed if the skin is broken or if the nurse performs an
    invasive procedure in a body cavity that is normally free of microorganisms.

    Copyright © 2024 Elsevier, Inc. All rights reserved.

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