Cleaning and Disinfection
SURFACES IN A PATIENT ROOM THAT MAY BECOME VERY CONTAMINATED, INCLUDING BED RAILS, CALL BUTTONS, AND TRAY TABLES.
WHAT ARE HIGH TOUCH SURFACES?
THE VARICELLA VACCINE IS USED TO IMMUNIZE AGAINST THIS VIRUS.
WHAT IS CHICKEN POX?
A NON-STERILE FLUID- RESISTANT TYPE OF PPE WORN BY HCW TO KEEP CLOTHING FROM BECOMING CONTAMINATED WITH ORGANISMS AND POTENTIALLY INFECTED MATERIALS.
WHAT IS AN ISOLATION GOWN?
YOUR NOSE AND MOUTH SHOULD BE COVERED WITH THIS COMMON ITEM WHEN COUGHING OR SNEEZING.
WHAT IS A TISSUE?
THIS IS THE TECHNIQUE USED WHEN PREPARING INJECTIONS.
WHAT IS ASEPTIC?
THE AMOUNT OF TIME A PRODUCT MUST BE ON A SURFACE IN ORDER TO EFFECTIVELY DISINFECT IT.
WHAT IS CONTACT TIME?
PERTUSSIS IS ALSO KNOWN BY THIS NAME BECAUSE OF THE SOUND MADE FROM THOSE WHO HAVE IT.
WHAT IS WHOOPING COUGH?
INDICATED IN SITUATIONS WHEN THERE IS POTENTIAL FOR CONTACT WITH INFECTIOUS MATERIAL.
WHAT ARE GLOVES?
SMALL PARTICLES, USUALLY LESS THAN 5 MICROMETERS, THAT ARE RELEASED WHEN COUGHING OR SNEEZING.
WHAT ARE DROPLETS?
THIS IS THE PROCESS THAT IS USED WHEN THE RUBBER STOPPER OF A MEDICATION VIAL IS WIPED WITH ALCOHOL ANY TIME PRIOR TO USE.
WHAT IS DISINFECT?
A FORM OF DECONTAMINATION THAT RENDERS THE ENVIRONMENTAL SURFACE SAFE TO HANDLE BY REMOVING VISIBLE SOIL.
WHAT IS CLEANING?
VACCINES ARE GIVEN TO HELP DO THIS TO A PERSON’S SUSCEPTIBILITY TO GETTING A SPECIFIC DISEASE.
WHAT IS DECREASE IT?
THE PROCESS OF REMOVING PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT AFTER USE.
WHAT IS DOFFING?
THE USE OF RESPIRATORS OR FACEMASKS TO COVER A PERSON'S MOUTH AND NOSE TO PREVENT SPREAD OF RESPIRATORY SECRETIONS.
WHAT IS SOURCE CONTROL?
SAFE INJECTION PRACTICES HELP REDUCE THE RISK OF SPREADING INFECTIONS SUCH AS HIV, HEPATITIS B, AND HEPATITIS C, ALSO KNOWN AS THIS.
WHAT ARE BLOOD BORNE PATHOGENS?
THE ORGANIZATION THAT VERIFIES MANUFACTURERS’ CLAIMS TO INACTIVATE MICROORGANISMS FOR SELECTED PRODUCTS AND ORGANISMS IN THE US.
WHAT IS THE EPA?
MMR IS A VACCINE GIVEN TO COVER THESE HIGHLY CONTAGIOUS ILLNESSES.
WHAT ARE MEASLES, MUMPS, AND RUBELLA?
THE MINIMUM PPE THAT ARE REQUIRED FOR CONTACT PRECAUTIONS.
WHAT ARE A GOWN AND GLOVES?
CONTROL MEASURES THAT CAN PREVENT THE SPREAD OF ALL RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS.
WHAT IS RESPIRATORY HYGIENE/COUGH ETIQUETTE?
SAFE INJECTION PRACTICES ARE ALSO PART OF THIS TYPE OF PRECAUTION.
WHAT IS STANDARD PRECAUTIONS?
A CLASSIFICATION SCHEME THAT CATEGORIZES ITEMS AS CRITICAL, SEMICRITICAL, AND NONCRITICAL BASED ON RISK FOR INFECTION INVOLVED IN USE OF THE ITEMS.
WHAT IS SPAULDING CLASSIFICATION?
THIS IS THE RECOMMENDED AGE FOR PEOPLE TO RECEIVE THE FLU, SHINGLES, AND PNEUMONIA VACCINES.
WHAT IS 65?
A FACEPIECE RESPIRATOR THAT FILTERS AT LEAST 95% OF AIRBORNE PARTICLES THAT HAVE A DIAMETER OF 0.3 MICROMETERS OR MORE.
WHAT IS AN N95 RESPIRATOR?
THIS TYPE OF TRANSMISSION OCCURS WHEN VERY SMALL RESPIRATORY PARTICLES TRAVEL SIX FEET OR MORE FROM THE SOURCE.
WHAT IS RESPIRATORY/AIRBORNE TRANSMISSION?
PEP, ALSO KNOWN AS THIS, BLANK IS OFTEN GIVEN TO HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS FOR EXPOSURE TO BLOOD BORNE PATHOGENS.
WHAT IS POST EXPOSURE PROPHYLAXIS?