General Prevention/Control
True or False: You need to change your gloves after leaving a patient’s room
True
True or False: Gloves are a substitute for hand hygiene and you do not need to decontaminate your hands after wearing gloves?
False
This is the number one way to prevent the spread of hospital acquired infections
Handwashing
Basic cough etiquette
Cover your cough: use a tissue, cough or sneeze into your elbow, wear a mask, clean your hands
Practice of putting on and taking off PPE
Donning and Doffing
The length of time you must wash your hands with soap
40-60 seconds
An infection that a patient didn’t have before being admitted to the hospital
Healthcare Associated Infection
What PPE must be worn to enter a patient's room in “Contact" Precautions
Gown and Gloves
Preferred method for routine hand hygiene if hands are not visibly soiled
Handrub (alcohol-based formulation)
Serious condition triggered by an existing infection that can lead to organ failure and death
Sepsis
What PPE must be worn to enter a patient's room in “Droplet” precautions
Mask
When you should wash your hands
When hands are visibly dirty/soiled with blood/bodily fluids or after using the toilet
Three ways to prevent infection
Practicing good hand hygiene, practicing good cough etiquette, observing standard precautions, observing isolation procedures, getting and updating immunization
What type of precautions are used for a patient with TB or chicken pox
Airborne
The correct way to wash your hands
Turn on the faucet, wet hands, apply soap, lather/scrub, rinse hands, dry with single-use paper towel, use paper towel to turn off faucet, use the paper towel to exit the room