High-Touch Hotspots
This item is touched by nearly every patient who enters and exits and should be disinfected frequently.
What is the door handle?
The minimum time a surface must stay visibly wet with disinfectant to be effective.
What is contact time? (or dwell time/wet time)
This process removes dirt and debris but does not kill germs.
What is cleaning?
Products effective against this virus should be used to clean and disinfect vomit on a surface.
What is norovirus?
What are keyboards, mouses, and tablets?
The "kill claim" on a disinfectant label tells you this.
What are germs the product is effective against?
This process kills or inactivates pathogens on surfaces (when used correctly!)
What is disinfecting?
After assisting a patient with a wound, you remove your gloves and perform this essential step before touching anything else.
What is hand hygiene?
CDC recommends cleaning and disinfecting these surfaces between patients, even if covered with paper.
What are exam tables?
You should always perform this task before and after cleaning and disinfecting.
What is hand hygiene?
This step should always be performed on a visibly dirty surface, prior to disinfecting.
What is cleaning?
This product is used to clean and disinfect a room that was occupied by a patient with C. difficile (C.diff).
What is bleach?
These high-touch items are among the dirtiest in an exam room, often harboring more germs than toilet seats.
Alcohol-based wipes do not work against this hardy fungus spreading in healthcare.
What is Candida auris (C. auris)?
This process lowers the germ count to a safe level, but does not kill ALL pathogens.
What is sanitizing?
In addition to being scheduled as the last patient of the day, exam rooms occupied by patients with this suspected virus should sit empty for at least 2 hours prior to terminal cleaning.
What is measles?