Author Question: Which are the three levels of Spaulding's classification of patient care items? a. Low items, ... (Read 53 times)

colton · **on:** Jul 18, 2018

Which are the three levels of Spaulding's classification of patient care items?

a. Low items, intermediate level items, high-level items
b. Intact items, noncritical items, critical items
c. Critical items, semi-critical items, noncritical items
d. Dirty, sterile, contaminated

Question 2

A glove-to-glove then skin-to-skin technique is used to remove gloves and protect hands from the outer surface of the contaminated gloves.

Indicate whether the statement is true or false.

yasmina · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 18, 2018

Answer to Question 1

ANS: C
The critical items must be sterile; semi-critical items can be sterilized and/or require high-level disinfection; noncritical items come into contact with intact skin and not sterile tissue.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: T
The cuff of the left hand is grasped with the gloved right hand and pulled off inside out. The ungloved left fingers are slipped under the cuff of the right glove and it is slipped off inside out. The gloves are discarded in the appropriate trash receptacle and the hands are washed. This method prevents the clean hands from being exposed to bodily fluids and/or blood that the gloves may contain.