Common Bugs
This common virus may cause serious illness in those with chronic conditions, the very young, and the elderly.
What is: the flu
True or False: Gloves are a substitute for hand hygiene and you do not need to clean your hands after wearing gloves if they don't get dirty?
What is: False. Gloves do not negate the need for hand hygiene.
This is the number one way to prevent the spread of infections
What is : Hand Hygiene
What cleaning agent must be used if a patient has C'DIFF
What is : BLEACH (10%)
True or False: Your are emptying trash in a patients room- do you need to change your gloves between EACH patient?
What is: TRUE! Nobody should EVER be in the halls with gloves on
What you do if a patient comes in coughing and sneezing.
What is: Provide them with a mask and educate about hand hygiene
Required PPE when entering the room of a patient on "Contact" or "Contact Special" Precautions?
What is: gown and gloves
The length of time you must lather your hands with soap
What is: 20 seconds?
According to the CDC. Wet hands before applying and remove from water while lathering.
True or False: Alcohol hand sanitizer will kill C'Diff
What is: FALSE- it does not kill spores-c'diff is a spore
True or False: Computer key boards and telephones have more germs on them than Public toilets
What is : TRUE
Antibiotics do not kill illnesses caused by this category of germs
What are: Viruses
PPE required when entering the room of a patient on "Droplet" precautions:
What is : a standard surgical mask
Until it is dry
What is: How long you need to rub hand sanitizer into hands
What skin infection is suspected when a patient comes in and says "I got bit by a spider"
What is : MRSA
True or false?
I only have to clean my patient equipment if the patient/resident is on isolation precautions?
False: All patient care equipment must must be appropriately prior to removing it from the room.
For isolation patients, use disposable or single-patient use items whenever possible.
Can you get the flu from the flu shot?
NO. The flu shot is not made from live virus, and you cannot catch the flu from receiving a flu shot.
The type of isolation precautions necessary for TB or Measles
What is: Airborne?
True or False: I just exited the room of a patient on isolation. I do not need to wash my hands, because I did not touch the patient/resident.
What is: FALSE. All objects and surfaces in the room are potentially contaminated, and hands must be cleaned whether the patient/resident is touched or not.
Also: patients, visitors and other staff members will assume that you provided patient care and did not perform hand hygiene when they see you leave the room.
Their overuse makes infections caused by certain bacteria difficult to treat
What are: antibiotics?
Becoming more difficult all the time!
The amount of time a surface must stay wet to ensure that it has been properly disinfected
What is: contact time, wet time, dwell time, kill time
This bacteria is the leading cause of severe diarrhea during or after antibiotic use.
What is c. diff?
c. difficile
clostridium difficile
If a patient has c. difficile, I must use this to clean my hands.
What is: You must use soap and water, NOT alcohol-based hand sanitizer
This program was developed by the World Health Organization (WHO), and is the platform for our hand hygiene program at Valley Health
What is: The "5 moments" for Hand Hygiene?
You have been vomiting and had explosive diarrhea due to the Norovirus. When can you return to work?
What is : 48 hours after you last vomit/have diarrhea
3 Common Blood Borne pathogens contracted from needle sticks
What is : Hepatitis B, C and HIV