Infection Spread
Touching used linens
What is direct contact?
A mite that crawls under the skin
What is scabies?
How to transport soiled/used linens
What is covered in a container that prevents soak-through or leakage?
When clean linens are exposed in transport carts
What is an uncovered cart?
Inside a cabinet with door
What is an example of 'stored under cover' or 'closed storage'?
Breathing in aerosols
What is airborne?
These are resistant to antibiotics
What are MDROs?
Where we launder soiled linens
What is a dedicated place separate from washed linens?
Clean linens moved in damp carts can promote growth of this organism
What is Rhizopus?
When healthcare worker does not bring the whole cart into a resident room
What is taking only what we need into the room?
Holding used linens close to your body
What is cross-contamination?
A wingless insect found on people's heads or bodies
What are lice?
How to maintain the clean linen transport cart
What is regular washing and disinfection?
When carts are never washed or disinfected
What is a delivery risk?
Where we store clean linens
What is a dedicated storage area?
This is how residents' linens get pathogens
What is shedding, or blood and body fluids?
This bacteria causes diarrhea
What is Salmonella?
Storing clean linens on top of red trash bins, or on windowsills
What is NOT best practice?
Checking compliance
What is performance monitoring?
The required temperature and humidity range for storage
What is normal?
This is how aerosols are created from linens
What is shaking linens?
This fungus causes black lesions and nasal congestion
What is Rhizopus?
This prevents contamination from outdoor air
What is closing windows and doors?
How to select the right cart to transport linens
What are separate carts for clean or used linens?
When water leaks onto linens
What is the environmental impact?