Therefore, postoperative care should be observed and any signs like low back pains, contractions, cramping, flu-like symptoms as well as contraction of the pelvis or vagina. Case Study (page 75) The needle and needle holder should be sterilized to avoid further possible contamination of the needle. Larry should not wait until the case ends to break scrub and wash his hands since waiting may result to infection. Larry needed several precautions in to avoid further harm or contamination to the needle-stick injury.…
4. 5. [pic] 6.2 Describe what personal protective clothing that you use to prevent the spread of infection in the workplace and why you should use it? ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ [pic] |Section 7 Know the settings procedures for receiving, storing and administering medicine | | | |7.1…
Katlyn Sowders English1101 – English Composition Rosie Branciforte Final Draft – Documentation as a Surgical Technologist 02/08/2017 McCann School of Business and Technology – Monroe Campus Abstract Surgical technologists are vital for pre-op, intra-op and post-op patient care. Documentation is key when providing medical treatment to a patient; medical professionals use documents to protect a certification or license that is in their name. Inaccurate charting can lead to several avoidable mistakes including: Miscommunication, improper coding and billing of a patient’s visit, loss of surgical material and tools and mislabeling of medications.…
Patient safety is an important issue in today’s healthcare. The Joint Commission (2015) has always developed yearly patient safety goals increasing the importance this concept has (The Joint Commission, 2015). Patient safety it is considered a discipline in the health care sector. It is used to apply safety science methods to achieve a reliable and responsible system of health care delivery. It is also a feature of the health care systems.…
Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus For this assignment I have been asked to choose a pathogen, describe it and explain how the chain of infection can be broken. I have chosen Meticillen Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus. As a support worker in theatres MRSA can cause significant problems for us and for patients, therefore we have to have each patient screened before we operate and we have certain standard precautions we need to follow before, during and after surgery. Staphylococcus Aureus is a very common bacteria. Meticillen resistant staphylococcus aureus is a strain of this bacteria that is resistant to some antibiotics that are commonly used to treat staphylococcal infections.…
Infections are a common risk factor for any patient in the hospital. The occurrence of an infection is an even greater concern when the patient receives an invasive procedure, such as placement of a Central Venous Access Device. With proper technique and licensed staff placing a central venous access device, the risk for complications can be minimized. Champions for Central Line Care is a journal that explains “the team approach for reducing CLABSIs. (Reed, Brock, & Anderson, 2014, p. 40)” CLABSI can be defined as a Central Line-Associated Blood Stream Infection (Giddens, 2014, p. 469).…
In general, improperly-handled medical waste in a hospital or medical office is only a danger to those people who are on-site like doctors, nurses and patients. But medical waste that is improperly handled after it leaves the facility is a danger to the environment, which makes it a danger to the general public. And, unfortunately, this is a major and widespread problem. The healthcare system in the United States generates over 2 million tons of waste every year and…
Percutaneous exposure or ‘sharps injury’ via skin breakage with a needle or sharp object is a well-known occupational risk for healthcare workers (HCW) (Ghauri et al., 2011). Obtaining a sharps injury exposes the HCW to blood-borne viral (BBV) infections, including HIV and hepatitis (Corrao, Mazzotta, laTorre, & DeGiusti, 2012; Hosoglu, Akalin, Sunbul, Otkun, & Ozturk, 2011). The operating room (OR) has continually been identified as the second most common work environment for staff to encounter a sharps injury behind inpatient wards (Cutter & Jordan, 2012; Health Protection Agency Centre for Infections, 2008; Jagger, Berguer, Phillips, Parker, & Gomaa, 2011). When handling scalpels theatre staff should be utalising sharps injury prevention…
All these prophylactic measures are directed towards the safety and hygiene of the other patients. When you go into…
My reflection focuses on the role I took as an ODP student at the pre-operative checks on admission unit, anaesthetic and surgery in the general theatre. For purposes of completing this assignment, I will refer to the patient that journeyed to the theatre for lobectomy thorascospic (a surgical procedureto remove one of the lobes of the lungs to check for any disease) operations as Mrs. A for the purpose of confidentiality. The reflection is presented based on Gibb 's Reflective Cycle (Gibbs, 1988). The reflective cycle comprises of five stages and these include the description, the feelings, the evaluation, conclusions, and the action.…
Peripherally Inserted Central Catheter Dressing Changes The focus of this paper is to provide the importance of evidenced based practice (EBP) in the nursing field and to compare the policy of Kaiser Permanente San Jose Medical Center’s topic of peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC) dressing changes to multiple evidenced based practices. Within the past decades, changing a PICC line dressing has changed over time. Different antiseptic agents and techniques of cleaning the site are completely different.…
Surgical site infections were interesting to me due to the high incidences occurring. “Surgical site infections (SSIs) are the second most common health care-associated infection. In 2002, of the 290,485 SSIs reported in the United States, 8,025 of the affected patients died” (Chiang, Herwaldt, Blevins, Cho, & Schweizer, 2015). A surgical site infection is defined as an infection occurring within 30 days of surgery.…
In the healthcare setting there runs the risk of coming into contact with sharp objects on a regular basis. “According to Occupational Safety and Health Administration nearly 385,000 needle sticks happen a year to healthcare works.” The sharp objects that professions are exposed to are items such as needles, sharps, or scalpels. These hazards can lead to the exposure of blood borne pathogens and have life changing effects on the profession. Prevention is the best method to avoid the spread of disease, here are some of the ways to offer protection while working in healthcare.…
In the U.S., the third leading cause of death is not a topic the general public knows and talks about: medical mistakes. According to the Journal of Patient Safety, between 210,000 and 440,000 patients suffer some type of harm. The medical system should change so there are more people double-checking every detail, the hours of doctors shifts are reduced and the topic of medical malpractice is openly discussed. In life or death situations, every small detail needs to be checked and double checked to reduce the likelihood of error. There are far too many examples where negligence by any of the medical staff has led to a patient suffering the consequences.…
Sometimes it is difficult to move equipment and other objects out of the way, while interacting with the patient and collecting your data. I will accomplish this by practicing next week, specifically keeping my stethoscope clean without contaminating anything else in the room, just like we talked about…