CLEAN ME UP SCOTTY
This product is used for wiping down wheelchairs, SCD machines, IV pumps, and other various patient equipment?
What are Oxivir wipes?
Before touching a patient, before clean/aseptic procedure, after body fluid exposure risk, after touching a patient, and after touching patient surroundings.
What are the 5 moments of Hand hygiene?
The purposeful prevention of transfer of organisms from one person to another, example setting up a sterile field
What is Aseptic Technique
Treat ALL people’s blood and body fluids as if it is infectious, whether or not it contains visible blood.
Standard Precautions.
Lives in the environment for months and requires the use of Contact Isolation Precautions.
What is C.diff?
This process may need to be done prior to disinfection when an item is visibly soiled.
What is cleaning?
When using an IV access port, you minimize contamination and the risk of a blood stream infection by doing this.
What is scrub the hub for 10-15 seconds?
The single most important practice to reduce infectious agent transmission.
What is Hand Hygiene?
Simple procedure to reduce transmission when an infectious respiratory condition is suspected.
What is placing a surgical mask on the patient?
Initiate droplet isolation in addition to standard precautions when suspected and maintain this for 5 days post onset.
What is influenza?
The time the area must remain “wet” with disinfectant for it to be effective
What is dwell time?
Cough, bloody sputum, weight loss and night sweats and an upper lobe infiltrate should prompt this thought
What is “Could it be TB?”
One needle, one syringe only one time.
What is injection Safety?
These took the place of N95 masks for airborne precautions.
What is CAPR?
A patient admitted with a suspect diagnosis of meningitis should be placed on this type of isolation precautions until confirmation of the causal agent or until 24 hours of appropriate antibiotic treatment
What are Droplet isolation precautions?
The disinfectant type used when C. diff is suspected or confirmed.
What is bleach based?
The occupational transmission risk for this group of organisms when exposed range from 0.3% to 62%. Prevention is primary and if a potential needle stick or splash occurs I should immediately take action.
What are bloodborne pathogens?
When doing procedures likely to generate splashing or splattering of blood or bodily fluids, such as surgery, endoscopic procedures, dialysis catheter insertion, intubation, and manipulation of art lines, this PPE must always be worn.
What is a fluid resistant gown and surgical mask?
Should not be worn in the hallways
What is PPE?
Most people infected with this mosquito-borne virus don’t even know they have the disease because they won’t have symptoms. Common symptoms include fever, rash, joint pain, headache, muscle pain or conjunctivitis.
What is Zika Virus?
If equipment is designated as multi-patient use, staff must follow these specific recommendations for cleaning and disinfection between patient use.
What is the manufacturers recommendation for cleaning and disinfection?
In your facility, this person is responsible for preventing and controlling infections.
Who is every HCW?
Only place if meet criteria, sterile technique during insertion, remove as soon as no longer necessary, keep bag below the level of the bladder, ensure sterility of closed system, routine hygiene, no kinks, regular emptying, use of securement device.
What are ways to prevent CAUTI?
Gloves, then goggles or face shield, followed by gown, mask, and finally wash hands.
What is the proper order of removal for PPE?
When the reactivation of a childhood viral disease results in vesicles that are not localized and appear outside of the primary group pf the dorsal root ganglia (dermatome), the manifestation may be considered disseminated and require the implementation of airborne precautions.
What is Herpes Zoster, Shingles?