THE BASICS
What is the single most effective way to prevent the spread of diseases
What is handwashing
What does PPE stand for?
What is Personal Protective Equipment
Name 1 of the three ways to protect yourself from bloodborne pathogens
What is frequent hand hygiene, wearing PPE and sharps safety
Who should use Standard Precautions
Who is EVERYONE
Where is the sharps container located
What is in the nurse's office or in the resident's room (diabetics only).
Where is the blood spill kit located at the Meadows?
What is the North Laundry Room and South Club Lounge
Name 3 of the 5 practices that are included in Standard Precautions
What is: Hand washing, Use of PPE, Cough Etiquette, Sharps Safety, Environmental cleaning
List two items that are put into a sharps container
What is Needles, Syringes, Lancets, used glucose strips, broken pieces of glass, any sharp object that has been contaminated with blood
When do you complete hand hygiene? List atleast 4 circumstances
What is when coming or leaving work, before and after working with food, before and after wearing gloves, before and after providing Resident cares, after coughing or sneezing, after using the bathroom, before and after eating or drinking.
Which mask do you wear when taking care of a resident with confirmed COVID or if you suspect COVID
What is N95
Where is the Ecumen Meadow's exposure control plan book located?
What is the nurse's office
Where should contaminated material be disposed of properly and where is it located?
What is in the biohazardous waste container and it is located in the north laundry room
3 Risk factors for getting an infection
What are: Age, Immunodificiency, Poor Nutrition, Multiple chronic Diseases, Cognitive Impairment,
How long should you rub hands after applying hand sanitizer?
What is rubbing the gel over all surfaces of your hands and fingers until your hands are dry.
Which staff at The Meadows can enter the room of someone who has tested postive for COVID or is suspected of having it?
Who are the Resident Assistance's and Nurses
Name 5 of the 8 places where the eye wash stations are located
What are MC laundry room, North Laundry room, North Kitchen storage room, North first floor housekeeping room, North second floor housekeeping room, Maintenance room, South Kitchen dishwasher room and ALL housekeeping carts
Proper Cough Etiquette
What is Cover mouth with tissue when coughing or sneezing, If tissue not available cough or sneeze into your upper sleeve. Perform hand hygiene
The Chain of Infection has 6 links, Name three of them
What is: Infectious Agent-type of Germ
Reservoir-Where Germs live
Portal of Exit-How Germs get out
Mode of Transmission-How Germs get around
Portal of Entry-How Germs get in
Susceptible Host-The next sick person
After a soiled surface or equipment has been wiped down, what should you allow for that area to do?
What is allow that area to air dry. If it is equipment, place on a paper towel and allow to air dry.
DAILY DOUBLE
How many Resident's living at The Meadows are age 90 or above. (Come with in 5 to win)
What is 39
List the correct order of sequence you need to complete once you have become exposed
What is wash the affected area with soap and water immediately, notify RN on duty or on-call, fill out proper paperwork per nurse's recommendations.
DAILY DOUBLE
Which Resident has lived at The Meadows the Longest
Who is Loretta Yeske, she was admitted 4/30/06
List 2 ways to break the Chain of Infection
What is Hand Hygiene and Environmental cleaning