- Example:
Add medication to intravenous fluids.
- Hand hygiene:
Routine washing using soap and water, (the hands are called alcohol or the washing is done in the case of dealing with patients with low immunity and in high-risk places).
- Personal condoms:
It is recommended to use one-use gloves. (Sterilized gloves are used in the case of treating vulnerable patients and in high-risk places).
- Skin preparation:
Quick-acting disinfectants are used to disinfect the insertion area if necessary.
- Important steps:
• The use of a special area clean away from biological materials and contaminants easy to clean the surface.
• It is recommended to sterilize the place of entry of syringes and needles in the bottles of solutions and containers of medicines using alcohol.
• Use a new sterile syringe and a new and sterile needle each time any addition or withdrawal is made from the solution flask or injectable drug packs.
• Use a sterile solvent to prepare the medicine.
• Mixing solutions in preterm infants is a serious procedure that requires maximum care (for more details, refer to the section on preterm or premature infants units in Part 2).
Add medication to intravenous fluids.
- Hand hygiene:
Routine washing using soap and water, (the hands are called alcohol or the washing is done in the case of dealing with patients with low immunity and in high-risk places).
- Personal condoms:
It is recommended to use one-use gloves. (Sterilized gloves are used in the case of treating vulnerable patients and in high-risk places).
- Skin preparation:
Quick-acting disinfectants are used to disinfect the insertion area if necessary.
- Important steps:
• The use of a special area clean away from biological materials and contaminants easy to clean the surface.
• It is recommended to sterilize the place of entry of syringes and needles in the bottles of solutions and containers of medicines using alcohol.
• Use a new sterile syringe and a new and sterile needle each time any addition or withdrawal is made from the solution flask or injectable drug packs.
• Use a sterile solvent to prepare the medicine.
• Mixing solutions in preterm infants is a serious procedure that requires maximum care (for more details, refer to the section on preterm or premature infants units in Part 2).
