“Explore comprehensive Infection Control notes tailored for GNM students. Learn key practices and guidelines to prevent infections and guarantee patient safety in clinical settings.”

a) Infection control:

• 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

1. Importance

1. Types of hospital wastes

1. Hazards associated with hospital waste

1. Decontamination of hospital waste

1. Segregation and transportation

1. Disposal
   

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