True or False
Home hand sanitizers are just as effective as those supplied for clinical use.
FALSE
Higher alcohol content and are the only ABHR that should be used for hand hygiene in clinic
Two acceptable methods of hand hygiene
1) ABHR
2) Washing with soap and water
**When do you disinfect an exam room?
Between every patient
Equipment a Doctor may need to disinfecting between patients
stethoscope
Who is required to do hand hygiene in the clinic to prevent the spread of an infectious agent?
EVERYONE
Alcohol hand rubs for hand hygiene are effective against C. difficile spores
FALSE
After washing your hands, and before turning the water off on the faucet, the person washing their hands should do what step?
What is obtain a paper towel or other barrier before touching the faucet.
**Length of required contact time
3 minutes
Portable exam equipment that may need disinfecting between patients
Silver procedure table
Vitals machine
Otoscope / Ophthalmoscope
Procedure light
When cleaning environments or equipment when is cleaning AND disinfection is required
What is visibly soiled
Gloves must be worn for all the following activities:
a. For invasive procedures
b. Handling phlebotomy blood tubes
c. Contact with non-intact skin and mucous membranes
d. Risk of exposure of exposure to blood, body fluids or secretions
e. Handling sharp or contaminated instruments
True
The preferred method of hand hygiene
ABHR
Who determines the amount of contact time required?
What is: the manufacturer
Equipment that requires Sanitization between uses
Resuable sterile instruments
what is an infectious agent or microorganisms
Hand hygiene is the second most effective way to prevent the spread of an infectious agent.
FALSE it is the first
What is one way to break the chain of transmission?
(3 examples in answer)
Hand washing, immunization, and cleaning your surroundings/environment
Define Contact time
What is: the time that the disinfectant needs to stay wet on a surface in order to ensure efficacy.
One example that can negatively impact maintaining healthy hands
Soap
Cold weather
Eczema/Rashes
The 4 moments of hand hygiene
1) BEFORE contact with patient or their environment
2) BEFORE clean or aseptic procedures
3) AFTER contact with patient or their environment
4) AFTER body fluid exposure risk
Waving your hands is an acceptable way to facilitate drying ABHR quickly
FALSE
* rub the sanitizer in
Name the times when a healthcare worker should preform hand hygiene
Two disinfectant products used for cleaning & disinfecting Helios exam rooms
Accel PREVention RTU - Wipes
Accel PREVention RTU spray
An unwell patient is an example of what link in the chain of infection?
Reservoir
There are six links in the CHAIN OF INFECTION. Name at least 4.
DOUBLE POINTS FOR ALL 6 IN ORDER
1) Infectious Agent 2) Reservoirs 3)Portal of Exit 4) Means of transmission 5) Portal of entry 6) Susceptible host