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Infection Prevention + Control for Anesthesia Care (Guideline)
Last AANA revision: 2022
Our paraphrased summary. The text below is our own condensed phrasing for board review, derived from the AANA Practice Manual document of the same name. The AANA document is the authoritative source — read it on aana.com for legally-binding language.
Anesthesia workspace is high-volume contamination zone. Reduce healthcare-associated infections through hand hygiene, syringe management, environmental cleaning, and high-touch surface disinfection between cases.
Key points
- 1.Hand hygiene before patient contact + before aseptic procedures + after body fluid exposure + after patient contact + after touching environment
- 2.Single-use injection devices per ANA + CDC; never re-enter multidose vial after used in single patient (especially propofol)
- 3.Disinfect anesthesia work surface between cases (high-touch areas)
- 4.Filter the breathing circuit between patients
- 5.Don't recap needles (sharps injury)
This is an exam-prep summary, not a substitute for the full AANA document. Read the source at aana.com for authoritative wording. Education only.