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Medical asepsis - uses clean technique
Surgical asepsis - utilizes sterile technique
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Is administering oral medication considered medical or surgical asepsis?
the difference between surgical and medical asepsis is that .....................???
Is tracheostomy tube care managed with medical asepsis or surgical asepsis?
In tracheostomy care, medical asepsis is performed although you use sterile equipment. - Ed Robert Arnad
Would obtaining a PAP smear be a surgical or medical asepsis?
Obtaining a pap smear uses medical asepsis. There is no break in skin when getting a pap smear.
Two types of asepsis?
medical asepsis and surgical asepsis. medical asepsis is the use of practices like hand washing, disinfecting contaminated surfaces and cleaning in general. you are not 100% sterile. skin cannot be sterilized or disinfected. this technique will clean microorganisms but not its spores. surgical asepsis is when all microbial life are destroyed...including spores. the purpose of surgical asepsis is to keep organisms from entering the body during an invasive procedure. therefore, all equipment used is sterilized. (100% sterile).
Is inserting sutures surgical asepsis?
Yes, suturing requires surgical asepsis.
What Is there a degree of sterilization in surgical asepsis?
no
Is there a degree of sterilization in surgical asepsis?
no
What is the Differentiate between medical and surgical asepsis?
Medical asepsis, or clean technique, includes procedures used to reduce the number of organisms present, and prevent the transfer of organisms. Surgical asepsis, or sterile technique, prevents contamination of an open wound, serves to isolate the operative area from the unsterile environment, and maintains a sterile field for surgery. Potter and Perry. Fundamentals of Nursing. 7th edition. pgs 665 & 668.
What is the purpose of sterile surgical clothing?
to maintain asepsis in the operating room.
Is sterile technique a term used interchangeably for surgical asepsis?
true
Surgical asepsis must be maintain when performing which of the following precedures?
dipstick urinalysis
What is the medical term meaning without decay?
Asepsis or Aseptic
