Hand Hygiene
The number of steps to effectively wash your hands
What are nine steps?
1. Wet hands and apply soap
2. Palm to palm
3. Back of hands
4. Between fingers
5. Wash thumbs
6. Wash nails
7. Wash wrists
8. Rinse well
9. Dry
The party responsible for paying for standard PPE required for employees to perform their jobs safely
Who is the employer?
The season most likely to have the highest rates of skin infection after surgical procedures.
What is summer?
Most important two questions to ask a patient who is coming in for a rash over the phone.
What is do you have a fever and can you send a photo for a provider?
Minimum percent alcohol content for an alcohol based hand sanitizer to be considered effective
What is 60 percent?
Standard minimum required flushing time at emergency eyewash station following a chemical splash
What is 15 minutes?
The two EPA approved disinfectants used to clean up spills at DSCW (name one).
What is sani-cloth and spill kit?
TB symptoms (name three).
What are fever, chills, night sweats, cough, swollen lymph nodes, fatigue, weight loss, shortness of breath, chest pain, loss of appetite?
Minimum effective duration for scrubbing hands with soap and water
What is 20 seconds?
PPE must be worn during close contact and procedures likely to generate splashes or spills of blood or body fluids. List three articles of said PPE
What are gloves, scrubs, mask, surgical cap, goggles, face shield, shoe cover?
Time surgical instruments need to soak.
What is one minute?
Staff vaccination recommendations.
What are flu, covid, and Hep B?
Soap is preferred to hand sanitizer when:
What is hands are visibly dirty and or contaminated?
This is the very first thing you should do with your hands immediately after removing gloves.
What is perform hand hygiene?
While non-critical items usually only need low-level disinfection, they must be cleaned/disinfected immediately if this specific type of contamination occurs.
What is visible blood or body fluids?
Staff members must remain home until they are free of a fever for this many hours without the use of fever-reducing medication.
What is 24 hours?