Infection Control
Bloodborne Pathogens
General Safety
PPE/ Isolation Precautions
DME/Loan Closet
100
Items left in every home on admission to help prevent the spread of infection.
What are gloves, hand sanitizer, and information in the POC binder on infection control?
100
The names of two bloodborne pathogens.
What are HIV, hepatitis B, hepatitis C, malaria, syphillis, ebola?
100
Outside along JFK Rd by the Hospice of Dubuque sign.
What is the meeting site if the building ever needs to be evacuated for safety reasons- fire, gas leak, etc.?
100
PPE stands for this.
What is Personal Protective Equipment?
100
Only used when transporting a large amount of clean items from the loan closet. It is never left in a home. When brought back it is wiped with a Clorox wipe and immediately returned to the loan closet shelf.
What is a blue IKEA bag?
200
The number one way to decrease the spread of infection (double points if you include a proper demonstration).
What is hand washing?
200
HOD offers these two vaccines to employees in an effort to prevent the transmission of infectious and communicable diseases (one upon hire and one yearly).
What are hepatitis B and the flu vaccine?
200
The front hallway, the Education Center, outside Bonnie's office, near the back kitchen/computer area and near the bag cleaning station.
What is the location of fire extinguishers within the HOD office?
200
When cleaning and changing the dressing on a leg wound for a patient with a foley catheter and MRSA in her urine, a nurse would wear this PPE.
What are gloves?
200
The name of the chemical we use to clean all DME.
What is SNAP?
300
In Suncoast, this is where you would look to see if your patient has a communicable disease (double points if you name all 3).
What is under the !Alerts PIO in the Plan of Care, on the face sheet (clinical review 2 tab), or on the ICA or FCA (systems review tab 2)?
300
Patients are instructed to take these to a participating pharmacy (list is now on the cream-colored shelves in the filing room). HOD nurses deposit them in the new biohazard box in the dirty utility room.
What is how you dispose of sharps containers?
300
Name two adverse events that HOD tracks as part of our QAPI program. Ongoing efforts are made, including educating patients and caregivers, in order to minimize the occurrence of these events.
What are infections, falls, DME failure, and medication errors?
300
You are cleaning DME without your goggles, gown and gloves (a big NO, NO), and you feel like the chemicals are burning where they touched your skin. This is what you would consult to get specific first aid information about the chemical you are using. Double points if you can say where it can be found.
What is the Safety Data Sheet, found in a 3-ring binder in the dirty utility room?
300
Worn during terminal cleaning and then bagging of heavily soiled equipment in the home after the death of a patient according to the HOD Standard Precautions policy.
What are gloves and a gown?
400
The minimum distance you should stand away from someone who is coughing to decrease the spread of infection.
What is 6 feet?
400
The number of days that hepatitis B can survive in dried blood.
What is 7 days?
400
In the back hallway between the nursing loan closet and the back kitchen.
Where is the safest place in the building to go when there is a tornado warning?
400
The order in which the following PPE items are removed: mask, glove, goggles/face shield, gown
What is gloves, goggles/face shield, gown, mask?
400
Two additional items you take with you when taking a blood spill kit from the loan closet to a patient's home.
What are dark towels and 1:10 bleach solution?
500
According to the HOD Infection Control of the Nursing Bag and Laptop Computer policy, this is how often blood pressure cuffs, pulse oximeters and stethoscopes should be cleaned.
What is at least once a month and with visible soiling?
500
Wash the affected area with soap and water, or flush with water if it's your eyes. Then immediately report it to your supervisor.
What are the steps you need to take if you have a significant exposure to a possible BBP?
500
Four steps you can take to stay safe when going into a questionable area at night to make a visit.
What is take your backup, tell Medical Associates where you are going and when you will call them back, park your car in a well-lit area where it won't get pinned in, get everything organized before you get there, lock your vehicle, keep your cell phone on and fully charged, keep keys in hand, carry pepper spray or personal alarm, etc.?
500
The three types of transmission-based precautions you might encounter when working with patients with communicable diseases.
What are contact, airborne, and droplet?
500
This is how you know you are getting all the DME taken out of a patient's house at the time of death.
What is you check the DME Supply list for active DME in Suncoast?
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