Chemical Dwell Times
This hospital disinfectant is used to clean most discharge rooms and has a dwell time of 10 minutes
What is Virex II 256?
T - The last step before you leave the room, if the patient works at Chick-Fil-A they might respond "It's my pleasure"
What is Thank You?
This code will include the description of a child and an adult and tells staff to guard all exits and stairwells
What is a Code Pink?
This precaution requires gloves and a gown to avoid directly touching the patient or any items the patient may have touched
What is a Contact Precaution?
This type of material goes into a red and then into a red barrel and should never be thrown down a chute
What is Bio Hazardous material?
These disinfectant wipes have a 4 minute dwell time and can be used to clean a C Diff room when the pre-mixed version isn't available
What are Orange top Bleach wipes?
I - It's the part that Slim Shady is well known for
What is Introduce?
This code will close all of the doors and starts a R.A.C.E to Rescue, Alarm, Contain, and Extinguish
What is a Code Red?
This precaution requires eye protection against heavy airborne particles that quickly settle on to surfaces
What is a droplet precaution?
This type of waste is disposed of in a yellow container that needs to be sealed before transport
What is Chemo?
This germicidal disinfectant is used to clean C diff rooms and has a dwell time of 3 minutes
What is Bleach?
A - The first step in AIDET almost always starts with a knock on the patient's door
What is Announce?
This code will have Security on their way when a patient is acting violent or aggressive toward staff
What is a Code Grey?
This precaution requires use of an N95 mask or PAPR and warns us about light particles that can stay floating in the air for an extended period of time
What is an Airborne Precaution?
This type of waste should be flushed down the toilet or double bagged and disposed of in the trash when flushing isn't an option
What is Urine and Feces?
This disinfectant is used to clean surgery suites and in the Emergency Department and has a dwell time of only 3 minutes
What is Virex Plus?
D - This is a guess at how long we'll be in the room and gives the patient an opportunity to take care of business before we begin
What is Duration?
This code means that a patient is in cardiac arrest and will often result in one or more persons performing CPR to resuscitate the patient
What is a Code Blue?
This is a special type of precaution that tells staff and visitors to wear a mask in order to protect an immune compromised patient
This the preferred method for tying trash, linen, and bio bags so that nothing can sneak out past the knot
What is a gooseneck bag tie?
This fast acting disinfectant cleaner is used to clean C Auris and has a dwell time of only 1 minute
What is Oxivir 1?
E - Lets the patient know what we are doing so the patient isn't surprised when we move things around or use a chemical in the room
What is Explain
This code is sometimes in effect for several days and tells us that the hospital has more patients than beds to put them in
What is a Code Purple?
This precaution tells us that we need to use bleach to properly disinfect the room and then wash our hands with soap and water when done cleaning the room
What is a Contact Precaution (Special Precautions) with a brown border around the sign?
This type of waste needs to stored in a black container and transported directly to a special locked storage area and should never be stored in the bio/sharps lockup
What is Haz-Mat or Hazardous Materials?