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The transcription discusses the concept of medical asepsis, which involves reducing the transmission of infectious organisms to susceptible individuals. It emphasizes the importance of hand hygiene as the first line of defense against germs. The three levels of defense mentioned are cleanliness, disinfection, and sterilization. The focus of the PowerPoint is on hand hygiene, which involves washing hands with soap and water or using hand sanitizer. The proper steps for hand hygiene are explained, including wetting hands, scrubbing for 20-30 seconds, rinsing, and drying hands properly. The use of hand sanitizer is also discussed, emphasizing the need for at least 60% alcohol content. The importance of hand hygiene in preventing the spread of infections and saving lives is highlighted. The transcription concludes with a recommendation to watch a video on hand hygiene and a reminder to wash hands. Hello, my name is Demi Perkins and I'm here to share my PowerPoint about medical asepsis, the importance of hand hygiene. So what is medical asepsis? It deals with reducing the probability of infectious organisms being transmitted to a susceptible host or individual. Basically saying that there's germs out there and we need to eliminate them and there's actually ways to do that, which would be the first level would be the cleanliness, like the housekeeping with the linens, just making sure that there's proper disposal of contaminated waste. And of course, like the number one thing that we will be talking about is hand hygiene. The second level of defense would be disinfection. So disinfection, I always think of like Lysol, like bleach solutions. The good thing about this is reading the instructions on the solutions before applying, because a lot of them do say to leave it on the surface for a certain amount of time. And I think a lot of people fail to realize that and they just think like, oh, okay, it's time to wipe off. And it's only been like 10 seconds. It needs to be a certain amount of time for it to take effect and destroy the organisms that are on the surface. And then the third one is I would say the higher version of disinfection, which is sterilization. So this is mostly what I think of like for surgeons and surgical techs. Basically it's to sanitize their medical equipment and usually it's done by heat gas, some kind of chemical to where it totally destroys all the microorganisms on the medical equipment, which is something that we would want because that is going inside of us or touching us on the surface while we are at a hospital that has many, many things in the background. So our main focus of this PowerPoint is hand hygiene. And it's actually really overlooked as much as it should be stressed, especially in a medical environment, which in definition terms, it refers to the contamination of the hands using soap and water and antiseptic hand wash or alcohol-based hand rub. So the CDC actually has the statement like a PSA, which is washing hands can keep you healthy and prevent the spread of respiratory and diarrheal infections and germs can spread from person to person or from surfaces to people. And with that, I just found this very interesting of this image over here on my right. It shows the most frequently missed areas. And I've noticed that it's mostly on the back of our hands. And that is true. Like I've seen people in the restroom just think like, oh, okay, I'm just gonna like quickly get some soap. As long as I have soap on my hands, that's cool. Just rub it a little bit, stick it under water and be on my way. And like the same thing with the disinfection chemicals, you can't just like do it for like that amount of seconds and then expect the best results. So I'm going to actually stress about the proper steps of hand hygiene, since that is the number one place where all the germs are that we can control ourselves. So there's two methods, the hand soap method and the hand sanitizer method. The CDC actually has this little cute chart here that tells you step-by-step what to do when you wash your hands. It seems very simple, but there are areas of each step that are stressed and need to be done in order to get the correct and proper way of hand hygiene. So first you wet your hands, and that means stick your hands under a running faucet and then get your soap, of course, make sure that is hand soap that is antibacterial. You're going to scrub your hands, which is step three, but this is where it gets where a lot of people kind of skip this. Fast forward, because it's supposed to be about 20 to 30 seconds, and that means not in the same spot around your fingertips, below your wrist, where your wrist is. People tend to use, like, you just sing a song, like hum the happy birthday song, so you can kind of get a grasp of how long 20 to 30 seconds is. The fourth step is to rinse, of course, and this is the part where I've noticed that I myself don't think about, but after you literally just scrubbed your hands, when you dry your hands, it's best to leave the faucet still running because you just touched that before, or other people have touched the faucet handle, so just get a paper towel, and then turn off that faucet, and then get another one, or use the paper towel first, and then use it on the faucet after you dry your hands. That's what I've noticed that helps a lot, so that you won't decontaminate your hands. So the second method is the condensed method, which I would like to say because it only has three steps. So the hand sanitizer method, which you need at least 60% alcohol for it to take effect. So when you apply it, make sure beforehand that the sanitizer is not expired. So you're gonna apply, cover, and rub. Those are your three steps. Just make sure that all of the hand sanitizer is rubbed into your skin, just because that if that touches, you know, it's 60% alcohol, so I don't know about you, but I don't want that on me if I was a patient, and I had open wound that I didn't know, or anything like that, and then you touch me with that, and it's gonna burn. For a recap, medical asepsis is prevention of germs spreading to yourself and others in the medical facility. There's three levels that help prevent the spread of germs to yourself and others. And the number one recommended defense would be hand hygiene, which it consists of hand soap or hand sanitizer. Doing the proper steps and taking your time and just being responsible in this will definitely help control some of, you know, infections being spread out. And that would definitely save lives because that's what we're there for. We're there to help and facilitate help. So learning how to do the simple hand hygiene practice would enhance that. I wanna leave you with this video that I actually showed my own children because it came out during the 2020 pandemic. And it is just a good visual of why hand hygiene helps lessens the chance of getting sick or spreading diseases. So I hope you enjoy the visual as much as I did because I'm a visual person. And after this, go wash your hands.