Personal Protective Equipment
gown, mask, goggles, gloves
These can be given to protect people against virus's. They are usually given on a schedule
Vaccinations
This precaution is used if you can contract a pathogen by touching an infected individual
Contact Precaution
What should you do immediately after you remove a needle from a patient?
Put the SAFETY cap on and put it in the sharps container
Clostridium Difficile
Contact
You should wear this if drawing blood on a patient on standard precautions
A __________ is a habitat where a pathogen can live and multiply
Reservoir
This precaution is used when small microscopic pathogenic particles can stay in the air for several hours.
Airborne Precaution
What PPE should you wear when you expect to come in contact with infectious bodily fluids?
Gown and Gloves
RSV
contact and droplet
This mask should be worn if a patient is on airborne precautions
Covering coughs and sneezes can break which chain of infection?
Portal of Exit and/or Mode of Transmission
This precaution is used when respiratory droplets is the mode of transmission of a pathogen
Droplet Precautions
What should you do IMMEDIATLEY if you receive a needlestick injury?
Wash the injury with soap and water and contact employee health
HIV/AIDS
Standard
The correct order to doff PPE
Someone with HIV/AIDs or getting cancer treatment is immunocompromised. They are considered what?
A susceptible host
This precaution is used for every patient, no matter their diagnosis
Standard Precaution
When should you preform hand hygiene?
Before patient interaction and after patient interaction
Ringworm
What PPE should you wear if a patient is on droplet precautions?
Surgical Mask
Wearing correct PPE for certain pathogens helps break which chains of infection?
Portal of Exit and/or Mode of Transmission and/or Portal of Entry
This precautions protects immunocompromised and vulnerable patients from infection
Neutropenic precautions
When should you wash your hands instead of using hand sanitizer?
When hands are visibly soiled or when the patient has a pathogen that alcohol cannot kill
Measles
Airborne