Unit 4 Safe and clean environment

Laws & Rules

100

This law informs healthcare workers that they are working with hazardous materials?

Right to know law

200

This government agency develops standard precautions 

The CDC (Centers for Disease Control)

300

These are required in facilities, and refer to them when you've come into contact with hazardous materials

Safety data sheets  (SDS)

400

Taking pictures of a resident during your shift would violate what law?

HIPPA

500

This is the form you'd complete if anything abnormal happens during your shift, including falls, loss of resident possessions, etc

Incident report 

Infection

100

Infectious diseases are spread by a process called 

Chain of infection

200

the mouth, nose, mucous membranes, and open cuts/sores are common ways for germs to enter the body.  This is the name for it in the Chain of Infection

Portals of Entry

300

This is a fancy word for germs in the infectious disease process

Microorganism or pathogen or causative agent

400

If a resident has a cold and is spreading it around, the resident is this part of the chain of infection

Reservoir

500

This is the type of PPE you should wear when caring for a patient with MRSA

Gown, gloves, and mask 

Common Pathogens

100

This common bacteria can cause sore throat, fever, nausea

Streptococcus

200

This is a skin infection caused by a bacteria that is resistant to common antibiotics

Methocyllin Resistant Staphelococcus Aureus (MRSA)

300

This pathogen is not killed by hand sanitizer.  You must wash hands with soap and water and clean surfaces with bleach

C. Diff

400

This (often) respiratory illness is caused by a pathogen that can remain in the air for extended periods of time

Tuberculosis

500

This virus is caused by the same virus that causes chicken pox, and causes painful, fluid-filled blisters, usually on one side of the body

Shingles

Safety Procedures

100

This is the acronym that helps you remember what to do in case of fire

RACE

200

This acronym helps us remember how to use a fire extinguisher

PASS

300

Instead of your hand, you should use this part of your body to test and see if water is too hot?

Wrist or elbow

400

There should be a sign on a resident's room door whenever this is in use

Oxygen

500

This procedure should be used when a person is choking:

Clear an Obstructed Airway/Heimlich Maneuver/Abdominal Thrust

Precautions

100

These are guidelines used with all patients to avoid exposure to blood or other bodily fluids

Standard Precautions

200

This is the term for special clothing/equipment used to protect against infectious disease 

Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)

300

This is the term for practices intended to reduce the number of pathogens and prevent their spread

Medical Asepsis

400

This is the single most important thing to do in order to prevent the spread of infection

Handwashing

500

This is used in addition to Standard Precautions in order to prevent the spread of pathogens based on how the disease is spread

Transmission-based precautions