Decontamination
Initial Actions
Risk/Benefit
Policy & Protocol
Potpourri
100
The Zone where the decon corridor is located.
What is the Warm Zone?
100
Level of HazMat training first receivers must have to act don PPE & assist in a decon incident
What is Operations Level?
100
A PAPR with an assigned protection factor of 1.000; a chemical-resistant protective garment, head covering, double layer of protective gloves, and chemical-protective boots.
What is Hospital Level PPE?
100
S 1209
What is the Decontamination Policy for St. Mary's Medical Center?
100
Hearing Aids
What is an item a patient might have that can NOT be decontaminated.
200
Use a large volume of low-pressure water for an average of 5 minutes.
What is Decontamination?
200
The patient is routed out the front door and directed through the ED garage.
What is the action by triage if a patient comes in smelling strongly of a chemical?
200
Healthcare workers at a hospital receiving contaminated victims for treatment.
What is "First Receivers"?
200
5th Avenue Alley; Maintenance & Security staff
What is the location for setting up the mass decon tent? Who sets it up?
200
Dilution
What is the solution?
300
Type of decon specific to cleaning the PPE of staff.
What is Technical Decontamination?
300
Triage RN informs Charge RN of situation requiring decontamination. The Charge RN will assign staff to get the decon room ready & staff to don PPE if necessary.
What is the first step in initiating decon operations?
300
OSHA's standard on Hazardous Waste Operations & Emergency Response.
What is HAZWOPER?
300
Quickly rinse self from head to toe with water and soap using the hand-held sprayer in a systematic fashion, cleaning open wounds first and then in a head-to-toe fashion for five minutes when the agent is non-persistent and 8 minutes when a persistent or unknown agent is involved. • Discourage the patient from rubbing too vigorously while washing. Remind them to wash the axilla, creases, folds, and hair. • After washing, thoroughly rinse themselves (this should require about a minute to complete).
What is decon instructions for ambulatory patients?
300
A shower.
What is something everybody can use?
400
Head, shoulders, hands and feet
What are the most likely places to find contamination?
400
To put on, in order to wear (e.g., PPE)
What is donning PPE?
400
Initial and annual refresher training provided to all hospital personnel who have been designated to provide treatment, triage, decontamination, or others services to contaminated individuals or who may be reasonably expected to come in contact with those individuals arriving at the hospital.
What is HAZWOPER First Responder Operations Level?
400
A way to ascertain baseline vital signs and identify staff who will be disqualified from donning PPE and participating in the decontamination process due to pre-existing medical conditions; prior to donning PPE for a mass decon incident.
What is Medical Monitoring and when is it performed?
400
A quick decon method used on scene - could be two fire trucks parked parallel with fire hoses making an X and having patients walk through.
What is Gross Decon?
500
Situation when it is O.K. to NOT capture contaminated decon water
What is mass decontamination?
500
The code called if large numbers of victims needing decontamination show up.
What is Decon Alert?
500
Where 5 or less patients would immediately decon if ambulatory, or have assisted decon if non-ambulatory.
What is Fixed Decon Room?
500
Warm zone with appropriate PPE or cold zone with infection control PPE. Never in a hot zone.
Where will SMMC ED employees work?
500
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