Question

which of the following apply to medical asepsis?

□ all employees should observe the principles of medical asepsis.

□ vigilant cleanliness promotes asepsis.

□ only clinical staff should observe the principles of medical asepsis.

□ medical asepsis involves sterilizing all items that come in contact with patients.

□ the office should be inspected daily for contamination.

Explanation:

• For "All employees should observe the principles of medical asepsis": Medical asepsis is a practice to reduce microbial contamination, and all employees in a medical setting (not just clinical staff) should follow it to maintain a clean environment. So this applies.
• For "Vigilant cleanliness promotes asepsis": Medical asepsis relies on clean practices to minimize the number of microbes, so being vigilant about cleanliness helps achieve asepsis. This applies.
• For "Only clinical staff should observe the principles of medical asepsis": As mentioned, all employees (including non - clinical like administrative) in a medical facility should follow medical asepsis principles, so this is incorrect.
• For "Medical asepsis involves sterilizing all items that come in contact with patients": Medical asepsis is about reducing microbes (often through cleaning, disinfection), while sterilization (killing all microbes) is more related to surgical asepsis. So this is incorrect.
• For "The office should be inspected daily for contamination": Regular inspection for contamination helps in maintaining the clean environment required for medical asepsis. So this applies.

Answer:

• All employees should observe the principles of medical asepsis.
• Vigilant cleanliness promotes asepsis.
• The office should be inspected daily for contamination.