Risky Business
More than Knowledge is Infectious
Know the Gear
Proceed Cautiously
Bits and Bites
100
These are conditions that increase risk for impaired skin integrity.
What are immobility, sensory impairment, vascular insufficiency, nutrition and hydration, secretions and excretions, and immunosuppression.
100
This person lacks resistance to an infectious agent & is therefore vulnerable to disease.
What is a compromised host?
100
The presence of these is just one reason hand hygiene must be performed after removing gloves.
What are microtears?
100
Precautions used when entering the environment of patients with suspected or confirmed MRSA, VRE, KPC, or c-diff.
What is use Standard and Contact precautions?(includes hand hygiene, wear gown, and gloves).
100
This Austrian physician was an early pioneer (1840's) of antiseptic procedures and was described as the "savior of mothers".
Who is Ignaz Semmelweis?
200
According to statistics from the CDC, this percentage of health care workers infect themselves while taking off contaminated gloves.
What is 41%?
200
Infections caused by healthcare interventions, such as during surgery or through the use of broad spectrum antibiotics
What is Iatrogenic Infections
200
In the sequence of removing PPE, this item, the most contaminated, comes off first.
What are gloves?
200
This organism, which is found on skin, in the mucous membranes of the nose, respiratory tract and GI tract, is spread by contact........... requiring CONTACT precautions.
What is MRSA?
200
The AHS motto for Hand Hygiene.
What is 100% Clean Hands. Every Patient.Every Time.
300
Conditions that place clients at risk for impaired oral mucous membranes
What are poor oral hygiene, Presence of stomatitis, Use of oxygen therapy, Unconscious patient Physical difficulty/immobility, Impaired gag reflex and/or swallowing, Medications, dehydration, radiation, mouth breathing.
300
Two conditions that promote the transmission of infection in hospital environments.
What are resistant bacteria, invasive procedures, antibiotics, susceptibility, & breaks in infection prevention?
300
Times when disposable gloves should not be worn.
What is when there is no risk of exposure to blood and body fluids? e.g. feeding, taking a blood pressure.
300
Type of precautions for HIV or Hepatitis
What are STANDARD precautions?
300
To help prevent dryness, Alcohol Based Hand Rub (ABHR) provided by AHS contains these.
What are emollients?
400
These clients are the most at risk of infection.
What is the very young, the elderly, those who are immunosuppressed, those with chronic illness, the malnourished, and those with prolonged stress?
400
Gastro-intestinal viruses can live this long on environmental surfaces.
What is is 2 months?
400
PPE
What is the Acronym for Personal Protective Equipment
400
Precautions fall into two general categories: Standard and ___________ ?
What is Additional?
400
Regular use of this is recommended to increase moisture of the hands?
What is AHS provided hand lotion?
500
This, the largest organ of the human body is the first line of defense against infection.
What is the skin?
500
What are the steps of the chain of infection?
What is Infectious Agent -> Reservoir -> Portal of Exit - > Mode of Transmission -> Portal of Entry -> Susceptible Host
500
The required gear to insert a central line?
What is mask, cap, sterile gown, sterile gloves, and on patient full body drape?
500
Surgical masks, hand hygiene, some dedicated patient care items, private room, and masks for patient transport are methods to prevent this type of transmission.
What is is Droplet Transmission?
500
What was Dr. Joffes alternate title for the presentations he gave this morning?
What is "Just Clean Your Hand! S____D!
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