General
Best strategy to prevent disease transmission in a healthcare setting
What is hand hygiene?
Optimal time frame for rubbing alcohol-based hand rub (ABHR) or soap and water on your hands
What is 15-30 seconds?
Hand hygiene option that is quicker, effective, and usually more convenient to access than soap and water?
What is alcohol-based hand rub (ABHR)?
Optimal placement of alcohol-based hand rub to prevent spread of infection (physical location).
What is at point-of-care?
True or False: Wearing gloves is a reasonable alternative to cleaning your hands
False-gloves are permeable and have micro-pores
1) before contact with client/client's environment and 2) after contact with client/client's environment 3) before aseptic procedure and 4) after body exposure risk
What are the 4 moments of hand hygiene?
Alcohol-based hand rub (ABHR) should not be used past this date.
What is the expiry date?
What is ABHR, soap, paper towels, and hand lotion?
In healthcare settings, infections are most commonly spread through these.
What are hands (healthcare worker hands)?
Recommended method of hand hygiene when hands are visibly soiled
What is hand washing with plain soap and water?
Minimum concentration of alcohol-based hand rub (ABHR) in health care settings?
What is 70?
This is done with clients and families for a client on additional precautions to prevent further spread within the household.
What is client and family hand hygiene education?
Persons responsible for doing hand hygiene.
Who is everyone?
Recommended method of hand hygiene when caring for a client with diarrhea &/or vomiting.
What is hand washing with plain soap and water?
The use of this product is recommended to help maintain skin integrity
What is hand lotion? A list of VCH approved hand lotions can be found on the IPAC website under products.
This is done when caring for a client on additional precautions and a sink is inaccessible
What is using ABHR?
Persons responsible for ensuring yearly hand hygiene education is completed
Who is site leadership?
This practice is done before putting on and after removing gloves.
What is hand hygiene?
True or False: Using the client's soap and hand towels is acceptable.
False: Staff should always be bringing in VCH provided supplies for hand washing such as soap and paper towels.
This is done when caring for a client with diarrhea/vomiting, hands are visibly soiled and there is no sink with running water available.
What is using a pre-moistened towelette followed by ABHR and hand washing with soap and water at earliest opportunity?