The WBC Dating Game
This White Blood Cell is unaffected by infections
What are Basophils?
Method of precaution that protects from things greater than 5 mcm in size.
What are Droplet precautions
This early stage in the infection cycle is also when you are the most contagious.
What is the Prodromal Stage?
This should be done when hands are visibly soiled, before eating, and when treating a patient with diarrhea or C Diff.
What is Hand Washing?
Known as the largest organ on the body and the first line of defense.
What is integument(skin)?
This White Blood Cell increases its numbers in infections that produce pus
What are Neutrophils
Washing hands and non sterile gloves are enough for this method of asepsis.
What is Medical Asepsis / Clean technique?
Thought of as the final stage of the infection.
What is the Convalescent Stage?
Sterile Technique is necessary during catheter insertion to prevent this from happening.
What are Cather-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTI)
This action cleanses patients, helps them relax, provides sensory input, and promotes circulation.
What is bathing?
This White Blood Cell increases its numbers in bacterial and viral infections.
What are lymphocytes?
Method of precaution that protects from things smaller than 5 mcm in size.
What are Airborne Precautions?
What is Direct contact?
This type of cleaning is good, but not good enough to kill endospores.
What is disinfection.
A nurse leaves a room of a patient after a standard physical assessment. They should perform this type of hand hygiene.
What is alcohol based Hand Sanitizer?
What is a monocyte.
Surgical gloves and special care is needed for this method of asepsis
What is Surgical asepsis / sterile technique?
Mode of transmission that does not need touching to spread.
What is indirect contact?
-These precautions apply to everyone and involve practices such as hand hygiene, non-sterile gloves, safe needle practices, and wearing appropriate PPE.
What are standard precautions?
A nurse leaves a room and notices a small amount of mucus on their hand. They should perform this version of hand hygiene.
What is Hand Washing?
This White Blood Cell may increase its numbers during an allergic reaction or parasitic infection.
What is Eosinophil?
This method of cleaning is enough to kill endospores.
What is Sterilization?
Could be an animal or a human and it carries and transmits the virus.
What is a Vector?
These three infections require hand washing; hand sanitizer isn't good enough.
These 5 factors affect a persons bathing and hygiene habbits
What are Culture, Socioeconomic class, Spiritual Practices, Developmental Level, and Health State?