This document contains questions from a student regarding infection control for Dr. Hatem el Bitar to answer. The questions cover topics such as the differences between hand hygiene and hand washing, cleaning and disinfection, preferred hand hygiene methods in different settings, what qualifies as a hospital-acquired infection, why hospital-acquired pneumonia requires more time than other infections, use of prophylactic antibiotics and isolation protocols. The student is seeking clarification on these infection control procedures and standards.

1. Infection control
“FINAL REVISION”
Answers by
Dr Hatem el Bitar
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2. ‫وبركاته‬ ‫هللا‬ ‫ورحمه‬ ‫عليكم‬ ‫السالم‬....
‫معطره‬ ‫تحيه‬
‫لالستاذ‬‫الدكتور‬‫البيطار‬ ‫حاتم‬
‫والتعلم‬ ‫العلم‬ ‫نشر‬ ‫في‬ ‫المبذوله‬ ‫جهودكم‬ ‫على‬..........
‫التي‬ ‫االسئله‬ ‫بعض‬ ‫هناك‬
‫من‬ ‫ونرجو‬ ‫للماده‬ ‫مراجعاتي‬ ‫اثناء‬ ‫اجابتها‬ ‫الى‬ ‫احتاج‬
‫لالجوبه‬ ‫استيضاحات‬ ‫حضراتكم‬...................

3. 1-What is difference between hand
hygiene and hand washing?
2-Difference between cleaning and
disinfection?
3-what is the preferred method of hand
hygiene >>>Alcohol based cleaner or
cleaning with soap & water in the
following settings
Operation theatre
Before processing endoscope.
Usual clinical cares.

4. 4-If the patient discharged from the hospital
and got pneumonia within house after 7 of
discharge>>>is this regarded as a nasocomial
infection?
5-Why nasocomial pbneumonia needs more
extra time than other infections?
6-If patient with chronic respiratory disease
e.g. Asthma and enterd hospital for GIT
problem>>>is he needs prophylactic
antibiotic for risk of getting nasocomial
pneumonia or only apply infection control
standards?

5. 7-What are the conditions needing absolute isolation
of patients from his relatives and visitors inside
hospital?
8- Is this sequence in operation theatre infection
control is right?
Hand decontamination-----Wearing gown----wearing
gloves…
9-Where we use the enzymatic solution in
endoscope? In the cleaning step or disinfection step?
10-What are the body organs that if contact with
endoscope need high level disinfection without
sterilization?. In lecture said mucous membranes…but
I want the organs exactly what are?

6. THANK YOU