A pink sign indicates that you must wear gowns/gloves and perform hand hygiene upon entering the patient room.
What is Contact Precaution?
100
Required for C diff or Norovirus
What is Contact Plus Precaution?
100
Bedrails, door handles, curtains, overbed tables, monitoring equipment
What is High Touch Surface Areas?
100
Name two organisms that we isolate for "history of"
What is MRSA and VRE
100
This is the number one way to prevent healthcare acquired infections
What is Hand Hygiene
200
A green sign that indicates that you must wear a standard blue surgical mask (either the tie mask or cone mask), and perform hand hygiene upon entering the patient room.
What is Droplet Precaution?
200
Required for Mycobacterium tuberculosis, measles, SARS
What is Airborne Precaution?
200
Name an organism that has spores that can live on environmental surfaces for weeks or months and we place in islation pending results.
What is Clostridium difficile or norovirus?
200
Best practice to prevent this HAI consists of using a closed system (by ensuring the "TES" tamper evident seal is not broken), keeping collection bag below the level of the bladder (not on the floor), using a secrue device, and removing the device as soon as possible
What is CAUTI?
300
A blue sign that indicates that you must wear an N95 respirator (either aqua cone or orange duck-billed) and perform hand hygiene upon entering the patient room.
What is Airborne Precaution?
300
Required for MDROs such as MRSA, VRE, ESBL, Herpes zoster, scabies, lice
What is Contact Precaution?
300
Diagnostic tests might include 3 sputums for acid fast bacillus and Quantiferon Gold blood draw?
What is Mycobacterium tuberculosis?
400
A gray sign that indicates you must wear gowns/gloves and upon leaving the patient room you must wash your hands with soap and water; the environment must be cleaned with a 10% bleach product (we use Dispatch)
What is Contact PLUS isolation?
400
Discontinue precautions after 7 days, and no fever or cough for the last 24 hours
What is Influenza?
400
The patient with what organism must stay in isolation until lesions are dry and crusted.
What is Herpes Zoster?
500
Required for Influenza, Nesseria meningitidis, pertussis, or Strep A pneumonia in the throat
What is Droplet Isolation-green sign?
500
May be discontinued after 3 negative AFB that can be drawn 8 hours apart; if necessary, obtain physician order for RT to induce sputum
What is Mycobacterium tuberculosis?
500
The patient hasa positive culture for this organism and must stay in isolation until discharge.