Bristol Stool Chart
Bristol Type Stool that is Entirely Liquid with no solid pieces.
What is Bristol Type 7?
A Patient arrives to your department and reports several days of diarrhea. He has not taken any stool softeners, has no prior surgical history, and does not have any other underlying conditions to explain the unformed stools. What is the first thing you should do?
What is Isolate the patient in Enteric Isolation?
______ wipes are required for cleaning and disinfection of Enteric Isolation rooms.
What is bleach?
If patients are determined to be in a carrier state and have been asymptomatic for over 48 hours, this could be done to Enteric Isolation.
What is discontinue?
The Enteric Isolation sign should be posted until this is completed.
What is EVS has finished cleaning the room?
These types of Bristol Stools are appropriate for sending down to lab to be tested for C. Diff.
What is Bristol type 6 or 7 stools.
Patients should not be tested for C. Diff if they have had a positive result within the last ____ days.
What is 14 days?
_____ and ______ are required PPE for patients in Enteric Isolation.
A patient is determined to be in a/an _____ infection state when the C. Diff PCR, Antigen, and Toxin are all positive.
What is Active?
The wipes with this color top should be placed in the room of an enteric isolation patient.
What is orange?
This type of stool is often described as mushy.
What is a Bristol Type 6 stool?
A patient with a negative Enteric Panel can be removed from Enteric Isolation and staff should follow _____ precautions.
What is standard?
Upon exit of an enteric isolation room, staff must perform this type of hand hygiene.
What is handwashing with soap and water?
A _____ state is suggested when the C. Diff PCR is positive, Antigen is either positive or negative, and the toxin result is Negative.
What is a Carrier state?
With the 2-step testing, lab will call with a critical lab result after which part of the C. Diff Testing?
What is the 1st part or PCR?
This Bristol Stool is like a sausage but with cracks on the surface.
A patient has had their 2nd unexpected loose stool, they are isolated in enteric isolation, and the provider orders an enteric panel. The nurse would do this next step as outlined in the algorithm.
What is monitor until there are 3 loose stools within 24 hours and then send a sample?
Our PDI Bleach Wipes have a contact time of ____ minutes.
What is 4 minutes?
Patients with a _______ toxin test would be recommended to receive treatment for C. Diff.
A general rule of thumb for submitting a stool sample to be tested for infectious stool is that it must _____ to the container.
What is conform?
A patient is considered to be in a Carrier state for C. Diff. The absence of loose stools for this many hours must pass by prior to discontinuation of isolation.
What is 48 hours?
EVS uses this product which has a kill claim for C. Diff and has a vinegar smell.
What is oxycide?
The interpretation of a Positive PCR, Negative Antigen, and a Positive Toxin.
What is an indeterminate result?
This is highly specific to detecting the presence of either Toxin A or B in the stool specimen. It can therefore differentiate between carrier and active infection.
What is the Toxin part of the C. Diff test?