Clean Me Up Scotty
Dwell time or contact time.
What is the amount of time the contaminated area must remain wet with disinfectant for it to be effective?
In our facility "these people" are responsible for preventing and controlling infections.
What is every healthcare worker?
The single most important practice to reduce transmission of infections.
What is Hand Hygiene?
Type of precautions where we treat ALL person's blood and body fluids as if it is infectious, whether or not it contains blood.
What are Standard Precautions?
This organism lives in the environment for months and requires the use of Enteric (GI) Isolation Precautions.
What is C-diff?
This disinfectant type is used when C-difficile is suspected or confirmed.
What is bleach based?
Instructions that you would give to visitors of an Influenza patient.
Would you please wear a face mask for your protection? Note: they could be asked to wear gown and gloves, but the most important item of PPE is: the mask as this is spread by droplet.
The person that is protected by personal protective equipment (PPE).
What is the employee? Also, the next patient you are caring for is protected.
This type of precautions utilizes "a regular face mask".
What is Droplet Precautions?
Initiate droplet isolation in addition to standard precautions when suspected and maintain this for 7 days.
What is Influenza?
DOUBLE POINTS The amount of time the surface needs to be wet when using the white top Oxivir.
What is 1 minute?
A report that needs to be completed when an exposure has occurred.
What is First report of injury or MIDAS employee work related event?
This is the most common vehicle for transmission of infections in the hospital.
What are hands?
This type of precautions utilizes: N-95 masks.
What is Airborne Precautions?
DOUBLE POINTS How the spread of MRSA from one patient to another in the hospital occurs.
What is: contact with the patient or surfaces in the patient's room and not doing hand hygiene or cleaning equipment and touching another patient or using the equipment on another patient.
What is the amount of time it takes to perform Hand Hygiene?
What is 15-20 seconds?
You can spread this illness the day before you develop symptoms.
What is Influenza?
Healthcare workers should always do this when they are ill.
What is 'stay home from work?'
This should not be worn around the neck after exiting the patient's room.
What is a mask?
Wearing gloves is never a substitute for this.
What is hand hygiene?