The Basics
This practice is the first line of defense against the spread of disease and infection
What is Handwashing?
This is the first thing HCP must do before donning PPE.
What is hand hygiene?
These are some the times when you must perform hand hygiene.
What is after removing gloves, before touching pt, before eating/drinking, after touching face or equipment or trash?
Placed under all material brought in home.
What is a barrier?
In addition to standard precautions, this is the type of precautions used with COVID-19.
What is transmission based precautions? (primarily droplet and contact precautions)
If you feel a cough or sneeze coming on this can muffle it/ part of respiratory protocols/etiquette.
what is your elbow?
This is the last step when donning PPE.
What is put on gloves?
This is where one should not touch when wearing an N95 or surgical mask.
What is the outside of the mask?
There are at least 2 of these so that items are kept clean and important for good infection control practice.
What are pockets - clean and dirty?
This is the term/way for treating all patients as if they have infectious disease.
What is standard precautions?
This is one time when you should NOT use alcohol-based hand sanitizer for hand hygiene.
What is when your hands are visibly soiled? Or sticky? or when caring for pt with C-DIFF.
This is an important concept to keep in mind when removing gloves.
What is do not touch the outside of gloves?
PPE
What is equipment to be used to protect health care workers?
This is done before opening bag, entering bag after caring for client and after closing bag (to name a few.)
What is hand hygiene?
Labeling specimens properly is part of?
What is standard precautions?
This is how long you rub your hands with hand sanitizer.
What is until hands are dry? and at least 20 seconds.
This is the proper way to remove an N95 when doffing PPE.
What is remove the bottom strap by touching only the strap and bring it carefully over the head?
This is where the hand sanitizer should be kept.
What is the outside pocket of the bag? (the dirty area)
Double jeopardy: What else should be kept there?
Done before and after using reusable equipment.
What is sanitize the equipment?
Washing hands does this to the chain of infection.
What is break the chain?
Double jeopardy- name other ways to break the chain of infection.