Question

You are on your Medical Assisting practicum and Ashden Joseph, a 9-year-old patient is diagnosed with strep throat. Applying your understanding of the chain of infection, how can you prevent the spread of the infection to yourself and others? Include the chain of infection and how each component is specific to this case of strep throat—(please do not only recite the cycle). What infectious control measures or procedures can you implement in order to protect yourself and your patients? Please define in your own words – “ASEPSIS.” Include medical and surgical asepsis in your overview as well. Please do not recite the definitions directly from the text or the internet. Include the difference between the medical and surgical asepsis as used in the ambulatory care setting. When is each appropriately used?

Answer 1

Some of the infectious control practice which can be followed in strep throat infections are

Patient:

• Patient has to cover mouth while sneezing or coughing
• The used materials of the patient should be washed in hot water
• Follow hand washing
• Restrict patient being to school as it is contagious
• Encourage to complete the antibiotic course
• Do not share plates,glass,foods,cloth,tooth brush and fpdrinks

Healthcare professionals and others

• Strictly use personal protective equipment like mask,gloves to prevent transmission
• Disinfect the materials used by patient
• Follow strict hand washing before and after touching patient or doing any procedures
• Isolation can prevent criss infection
• Avoid being with patient if the healthcare professionals or parents themselves are weak or sick and prone for infection

Asepsis

The word itself describes sepsis means infection (caused due to microorganisms ) and Asepsis means absence of infection

Surgical Asepsis

This refers to absence of microorganisms in the surgical unit or when an invasive procedure is done on patients making patients definitely not or one for infections

Medical Asepsis

This is the absence of microorganisms in the treatment provided to the patients by healthcare professionals

The major difference being

Surgical asepsis	Medical asepsis
Zero microorganisms	reduced number of microorganisms
no infection	infection is possible
carried in invasive procedures	carried in mefical facilities