Assessment - basic considerations - Basic considerations for safe practice
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Where dependent safe practice on?
Where can infection and communicable disease can lead to?
Lead to:
- illness
- disability
- loss of work time
Define standars precautions
When do you apply standard precautions to contact
- Meant to protect healthcare providers and patients from pathogens spread by body fluids
- For all patients
- blood
- saliva
- non intact skin (injured or broken skin)
- mucous membranes
What is the origin of microorganisms of the oral cavity (6p)?
- I utero, the oral cavity is sterile (free of bacteria)
- After birth (first 24 hrs) - simple oral flora develops
- Transmission to infant from mother, father, family members, caretakers
- Much of the salivary bacteria comes from the dorsum of the tongue, otherwise - mucous membrane, gingival and periodontal tissues
- High count of microorganisms found in dental biofilm, periodontal tissues
- High count of microorganisms found in dental biofilm, periodontal pockets and carious lesions
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What is the infection potential from microorganisms of the oral cavity (4p)?
- Intact mucous membranes provide protection against infection
- Carries
- pathogenic (disease producing), potentially pathogenic and non-pathogenic microorganisms can be found in the oral cavity
- asymptomatic carrier - patients could be carriers of certain diseases without any symptoms
- Transient organisms - short term
- Inappropriate work practice
What is the cross-contamination of the microorganisms of the oral cavity?
- person to person
- person to object
- object to another person
Which factors can you teach the patient about prevention of transmission?
- Virus survival
- Need for health history to be updated
- Oral health to overall systemic health
- Preparation prior to appointment
- brush teeth, pre- procedural pre-rinse to lower the bacterial count and thus lessen aerosol contamination in the treatment room
- Purpose of barriers (visor, mask, etc)
- Eye Protection
- Hand hygiene
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