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What type of precautions are you going to use for a patient in isolation
Transmission Based Precautions.
Treating all blood, body fluids, and mucous membranes as if they were infected is what type of precautions?
Standard Precautions
What is the correct amount of time to correctly wash your hands?
20 seconds.
Urine is considered _____________
body fluid
What should a nursing assistant do if he spills a substance on his body?
Immediately wash the area using the proper cleaning agent.
Hep B
what is the proper way to dispose of sharps?
red sharps container, puncture proof biohazard container
_______destoys 99.9 % of germs, _________ kills 100% of germs.
Disinfection, sterilization
What is the proper order to don PPE
gown, mask, goggles, gloves
What is a causative agent
a pathogen or microorganism that causes disease
I have a wound that is draining, is this localized or systemic infection?
Localized
By contact with blood or body fluids
What is a susceptible host
an uninfected person who could get sick.
What does PPE stand for
Personal Protective Equipment
Before a CNA leaves the dirty utility room, what must she do to avoid transferring pathogens to other areas of the facility?
Wash her/his hands.
An infection in the blood is considered what type of infection, localized or systemic?
Systemic
One way that HIV spread
By contact with an infected person's blood.
genitals, mouth, nose
A CNA would use Standard Precautions on what type of patients?
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
What is the #1 way to break the spread of infection?
hand washing
What does the abbreviated MRSA stand for
Methicillin-resisitant Staphyloccocus
When handling dirty linen, a nursing assistant should
wear gloves
Making an area or object free of all microorganisms is called
surgical asepsis
Droplets normally do not travel more than
6 feet