Lesson 07 · Cleaning, Decontamination and Disinfection
Looking clean proves nothing. Asepsis, hand hygiene and the dress code protect what you cannot see.
In this lesson
Say how your work helps prevent surgical site and healthcare-associated infections, use the five principles of asepsis to keep dirty, clean and sterile apart, know when and how to perform hand hygiene, and dress right for every area, including the protective equipment decontamination needs.
- Why your work prevents infectionShort read · 4 min
- Check yourself5 questions
- Your hands and what you wearShort read · 4 min
- Put it to work13 questions
About 16 min · 2 short reads · 18 questions