Facial Aesthetics Safety, Hygiene & Infection Control Flashcards
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A patient discloses they are taking long-term oral corticosteroids. How does this affect infection risk in facial aesthetics procedures?
Answer: Increased infection risk due to immunosuppression
Chronic corticosteroid use causes immunosuppression, impairing the body's ability to fight infection and warranting heightened aseptic precautions or possible procedure deferral.
Which cleaning sequence is correct when preparing a treatment room before a facial aesthetics procedure?
Answer: Clean (remove debris) first, then disinfect
Organic matter must be physically removed before disinfection because residual debris inactivates many chemical disinfectants.
When should a facial aesthetics practitioner perform hand hygiene according to the WHO 'Five Moments'?
Answer: Before patient contact, before an aseptic task, after body fluid exposure, after patient contact, and after touching the patient's environment
WHO's Five Moments for Hand Hygiene define the five critical points at which hand hygiene must be performed to interrupt pathogen transmission.
An aesthetics clinic identifies a cluster of post-procedure skin infections within one week. What is the FIRST priority action?
Answer: Suspend procedures, investigate a common source, and report to the infection control officer or relevant authority
A cluster of infections signals a potential common-source outbreak; procedures must be suspended and a systematic investigation initiated with infection control authorities.
Which of the following best describes 'aseptic non-touch technique' (ANTT) as applied to injectable facial aesthetics?
Answer: Ensuring key parts (needle tip, syringe hub) and key sites (injection site) are never contaminated by touch or contact with non-sterile surfaces
ANTT requires protecting 'key parts' (needle, cannula tip, syringe hub) and 'key sites' (patient's skin entry point) from any contamination throughout the procedure.
How should a dermal filler cannula be classified under the Spaulding classification, and what does that imply for reuse?
Answer: Critical; must be sterile for each use and is single-use only
A cannula enters sterile tissue (critical item per Spaulding), meaning it must be sterile for each use; in practice, all cannulas are single-use disposable devices.
A practitioner sustains a needlestick injury from a patient whose hepatitis B status is unknown. What is the correct IMMEDIATE step?
Answer: Squeeze the wound to express blood, wash thoroughly with soap and water, then follow the facility's exposure protocol
The wound should be encouraged to bleed, washed with soap and water, and the facility's post-exposure protocol (including hepatitis B prophylaxis assessment) followed immediately.