Hand Hygiene
At the beginning of each shift, nurses should perform this length of scrub-in at the sink using nail picks.
What is a 3-minute scrub-in?
Before flushing a central line, this should be checked to confirm catheter patency.
What is a blood return?
CAUTI stands for this hospital-acquired infection associated with urinary catheters.
What is a Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection?
For intubated patients, oral care should follow this prevention bundle.
What is the Ventilator Associated Event (VAE) Prevention Bundle?
Patients should receive these two hygiene measures every day.
What are a daily bath and a linen change?
This hand sanitizer should be used both when entering and exiting a patient room.
What is Avagard?
The needleless connector should be vigorously scrubbed with an antiseptic pad for at least this many seconds.
What is 5 seconds?
This should be performed before and after any urinary catheter manipulation.
What is hand hygiene?
Patients with teeth should have them brushed this often.
What is every 12 hours (q12h)?
These wipes do not replace a full bath for patients with a central line.
What are CHG wipes?
You should never apply this product to gloves.
What is Avagard?
Central line dressings should be changed at this frequency unless they become soiled, loose, or compromised sooner.
What is every 7 days for transparent dressings?
To prevent CAUTI, the drainage system should remain sterile and continuously this.
What is closed?
Patients without teeth should have their oral cavity cleaned with this item every 4-6 hours.
What is a pink swab?
Parents should regularly wash these personal items brought from home.
What are blankets and stuffed animals?
Parents of patients with a central line should be taught to do these two things during diaper changes.
What are wearing gloves and washing their hands?
This solution should not be allowed to remain in the catheter lumen because it provides nutrients for biofilm growth.
What is D5W (5% dextrose in water)?
Urine should flow freely without this to reduce the risk of CAUTI.
What is obstruction?
These are three acceptable solutions used with a pink swab for patients without teeth.
What are sterile water, saline, or mother's milk?
A thorough bath is a great opportunity to assess this from head to toe.
What is the patient's skin?
The unit's monthly KPI goal is this many hand hygiene audits.
What are 200 hand hygiene audits per month?
Name three evidence-based practices that help prevent central line-associated infections during flushing and locking.
What are hand hygiene, use of disinfectant-containing end caps, and scrubbing the needleless connector with an antiseptic pad?
An indwelling urinary catheter should be removed as soon as this occurs.
What is no longer being clinically indicated (or no longer being needed)?
For patients with mucositis who are immunocompromised, this oral care product should not be used.
What is the Green Sage suction swab solution?
This cleaning task should be completed every shift to reduce infection risk.
What is high-touch surface cleaning?