Terminology
PPE
What is Personal Protective Equipment
The first step in the wheel of infection
What is a pathogen?
The first step in donning your PPE
What is washing your hands?
Standard precautions should be used for this population of patient
What is all patients?
Don
What is to "put on?"
Modes of transmission include
What is Direct, Indirect, and Vectors?
The two common types of mask used in respiratory disease prevention
What is N95 and surgical masks?
Washing hands is the first step in implementing standard precautions. This is the proper way to wash hands
What is the process of using soap and water for at least 20 seconds?
Doff
What is to "take off"?
A nurse should educate their patients on portal of exit prevention by teaching them...
Answers may include: What is Cough etiquette, and washing hands
Over concerns of health related issues, the FDA has banned this piece of PPE.
What is powdered gloves?
Washing hands should occur
Possible answers include: What is before and after patient care, when hands are visibly soiled, after using the bathroom, before eating?
Open gloving
A term to describe gloving for sterile procedures outside of the OR
Breaking the chain of infection at the portal of entry requires
What is hand washing and PPE?
The process of donning sterile gloves is required before these procedures
What is foley catheter, central line dressing change, and sterile trach suctioning.
These 4 items are included in PPE
What is a mask, gloves, gown, and face shield or mask?
Surgical Asepsis
The term used to describe the elimination of micro-organisms from an area following a strict procedure outline.
The 6 components of the wheel of infection include
What is Pathogen, Reservoir, Portal of exit, Mode of transmission, Portal of entry, Susceptible host
The complete steps in donning PPE
What is 1.) Wash hands 2.) Put on gown 3.) Put on mask 4.) Put on goggles or face shield 5.) Put on gloves?
Standard precautions consist of these 4 elements
What is 1.) hand hygiene 2.) PPE 3.) Respiratory hygiene/cough etiquette 4.) Sharps safety