INFECTION CONTROL

2조 15번

김안석

PPE (Personal Protective Equipment)

Definition

- Specialized clothing or equipment worn by an employee for protection against a hazard

1) Gloves

2) Masks

3) Protective eyewear

4) Gowns

4) Gowns (Protective clothing)

- Laboratory coats, jackets, and uniforms should be worn to protect us from blood or other body fluids.

- Sleeves should be long enough to protect forearms

- protective clothing should be removed when personnel leaves the facility

- Garments can be disposable or be handled by a contract laundry office

1) Gloves

OSHA(Occupational Safety and Health Administration) says ….

- Minor trauma, cut, abrasion on hands

visual inspection can not detect

- A variety of viral and bacterial organisms in a patient’s mouth can be transmitted

- herpetic whitlow, bodily fluid, blood

- treating patients, cleaning instruments

What should we do then?

- change gloves for each patient

- don’t use gloves for a long period of time ( they can be worn and punctured)

- Washing hands before gloving and after removing gloves

- washing hands with gloves on doesn’t

work

2) Masks

-when treating patients, blood, saliva, and other debris are atomized and expelled from mouths

- Such dental aerosls containing microorganisms can stay in the air for a long period of time

## Masks covering mouth and nose can effectively reduce inhalation of infectious aerosol particles

Masks should ensure…

1) does not come into contact with the nostrils or lips

2) has a high bacterial filtration efficiency rate

3) fist snuggly around the entire periphery of the mask

4) does not cause fogging of eyewear5) is to put on and remove6) is made of a fabric that doesn’t irritate

skin or allergic reactions

3) Protective Eyewear

- During dental procedures, large particles of debris and saliva containing bacteria and viruses can be ejected from patient’s mouths

- Protective eyewear can prevent both physical injury and infection from aerosolized oral microbes.

- Protective eyewear should ha side shields and be large enough to cover and protect eyes from particles.