Protect Ya' Neck
You wear this PPE into a Contact Precaution room.
What are gown and gloves?
Routine central line dressing changes should occur at least this often (if not soiled or loose!).
What is every 7 days?
Catheter tubing that is arranged in such a way that prevents urine from flowing from the bladder into the bag is called.
What is a dependent loop?
This is the most frequent and distinct physical symptom of a C. diff infection, which can occur 3 to 15+ times a day.
What is watery diarrhea?
The single most effective thing you can do to prevent HAI's and keep our patients safe.
What is hand hygiene?
If you're unlucky enough to have both MRSA and the flu, you will be placed under this type of isolation.
What is droplet/contact?
While these don't replace the need to scrub the hub, we do like to make sure they are on all un-accessed ports.
What are orange alcohol caps?
This indication for an indwelling catheter is only valid on critical care units, not med/surg!
What is accurate I's/O's?
Patients who test positive for influenza are required to be on droplet precautions for this long- get your flu vaccine!!
What is 7 days after ONSET of illness or until 24 hours after resolution of fever and respiratory symptoms, whichever is longer?
The amount of time that a surface needs to remain wet in order for the cleaning agent to do its job.
What is dwell time?
All patients are placed on these precautions upon entering the hospital, created in response to the HIV/AID epidemic.
What are standard precautions?
I promise we don't enjoy making more work for you, but if your central line dressing is missing these 2 written items, we are going to ask you to change it- no matter how pretty it looks!
What are date and initials?
This device helps keep the foley catheter in place with about 1 inch of slack.
What is a stat lock?
Sorry pal, if you are diagnosed with one of these, you are on contact precautions for life!
What are MDROs?
These are surfaces in a patient room that should be cleaned more often including bed rails, light switches, and bedside tables.
What are high touch surfaces?
This type of isolation precaution requires gloves, gown, N95 mask and eye protection- phew!
What are enhanced respiratory isolation precautions
Labels or it didn't happen: we want to make sure our IV tubing is labeled with this.
What is date that it needs to be changed?
The three wipes you need in order to bathe your patient with a foley catheter.
What are purple bath in a bag, green peri-care, and maroon CHG wipes?
This "last resort" antibiotic is used to treat severe MRSA, though rare strains are now showing resistance to it as well
What is vancomycin?
This two-step process is the proper way to clean a glucometer.
What is cleaning and disinfecting?
TB or not TB: whether your patient has TB or you're simply ruling it out, they are required to be on airborne precautions and placed in this special type of room.
Airborne Infection Isolation Room (AIIR)- aka a negative pressure room?
A central line needs to be in place for this many days in an inpatient unit in order for the patient to be eligible for a CLABSI.
What is 2 or more days?
Acute urinary retention is something that is measured over time! Specifically, this much time.
What is 24 hours?
Theres a fungus among us! This organism earned its terrifying "superbug" nickname because many strains have developed resistance to antifungals.
What is candida auris?
Not at an airport, this kind of cleaning happens when a patient is discharged from the hospital.
What is a terminal clean?