learning Objectives - Describe the infection control, methods in the clinical setting. Demonstrate infection control practices
Hours - 20
Teaching and Learning Activities - Lecture cum discussion Demonstration Explain using manual of biomedical waste management of Government of India Demonstration Videos Simulation exercises
Assessment Methods - Short answers Essay type Objective type
Content of the chapter
a) Infection control :
– Nature of infection
– Chain of infection transmission
– Defence against infection: natural and
acquired
– Hospital acquired infection
( nosocomial infection)
b) Concept of asepsis:
– Medical and surgical asepsis
– Isolation precautions , barrier nursing
– Hand washing : simple, hand asepsis,
surgical asepsis (scrub)
– Isolation – source and protection
– Personal protective equipments types,
uses and techniques of wearing and
removing
– Decontamination of unit and
equipment
– Transportation of infected patient
-. Standard safety precaution
– Transmission based precautions
c) Bio-medical waste management
– Importance
– Types of hospital wastes
– Hazards associated with hospital waste
– Decontamination of hospital waste
– Segregation and transportation
– Disposal