Infection Control
What is the chain of infection? List the elements.
Pathogen, reservoir, portal of exit, method of transport, portal of entry, susceptible host
What is PPE (give examples)
Personal protective equipment, used to prevent microbes from contaminating your uniform, skin or mucous membranes
What is infection control?
Taking certain actions to control the spread of microbes that can cause disease
What are body mechanics?
The use of your body in a safe and efficient way to accomplish tasks such as lifting, pushing, and pulling
What are risk factors for falls?
Wires, folded rugs, etc
What is a microbe?
tiny living things including, bacteria, virus, fungi, yeasts, and molds, not harmful to humans
What is standard precaution?
Precaution you take with every person, risk of coming into contact with body fluids
As a healthcare worker, what is one way you can be exposed to blood borne illness?
Needle sticks, sharps containers, etc.
What is Balance?
Is stability that is achieved through even distribution of weight
What are risk factors for injury?
Sensory impairment, confusion, disorientation, and poor mobility
What is a Pathogen?
harmful microbes that cause illness in humans
You are working with a patient who tested positive for the flu. What type of precaution should you use?
Droplet precaution
When should you would wear gloves?
When you are coming in contact with blood, other bodily fluids, mucous membranes, the person in your care has broken skin or you have broken skin on your hands, coming in contact with soiled surfaces.
What is alignment?
Good posture
What are the steps to injecting someone with an epipen?
Remove the blue cap, inject into side of thigh, hold for 10 seconds
Name three blood borne pathogens
Hiv, Hep B, Hep C
What order do you don PPE?
Gown, mask, glasses, gloves
What can you do to avoid a needle stick injury?
Don’t recap a needle, dispose of it in the sharps bin.
How to practice good alignment while sitting?
Knees level with hips, back straight, stomach muscles tightened, shoulders straight and centered
When should you use restraints on a patient?
Only when it is ordered by the doctor
What are nosocomial infections?
An infection that a person gets while receiving care in the healthcare facility
What order do you doff PPE
gloves, goggles, gown, mask
Name three ways of transmission?
Contact, airborne, droplet
Stand close to the object, widen base of support, bend your knees, keep back straight, tighten stomach muscles, lift with your leg muscles.
What are complications associated with restraints?
Strangulation, entrapment and other serious injuries, mental effects, complications and immobility, tissue and nerve damage, bladder and bowel elimination problems