Protect Yourself
The routine use of barriers to protect you from exposure to pathogens.
What is: Standard Precautions
The most effective way to prevent the spread of infection.
What is: Hand Hygiene
3 components of an infection prevention program.
What are: Hand hygiene, Isolation and Environmental Cleaning.
The term for the amount of time a surface has to stay wet to ensure proper disinfection.
What is: Contact time, dwell time, wet time, kill time
The PPE that must be worn to enter the room of a patient on "Contact" or "Contact Special" Precautions.
What is: Gown & Gloves
The amount of time I should wash my hands with soap and water.
What is : 15-20 Seconds
To prevent the spread of this pathogen, Hand hygiene with soap and water is performed when leaving the patient room.
What is: C. difficile
This must be done to all patient care equipment prior to being used on another patient, or being placed in a clean storage room.
What is: Cleaned/Disinfected
This task should be performed after removing Personal Protective Equipment (PPE).
What is: Perform hand hygiene
The amount of time I rub my hands with alcohol-based hand sanitizer.
What is: Until they are dry
2 methods used as a part of Standard Precautions to prevent the transmission of respiratory infections including influenza.
What are: Respiratory Etiquette and Universal Source Control.
The term for cleaning/disinfection of items such as BP cuffs, stethoscopes or stretchers that come into contact with intact skin.
What is: Surface Disinfection
This should be worn every time you enter an isolation room even if you are just dropping something off.
What is: Personal Protective Equipment (PPE).
The Hand Hygiene Motto.
What is: Wash in Wash Out
As part of the admission process, patients are screened for these 2 conditions.
What are: Travel out of the country and exposure to communicable diseases.
The cleaning agent used for patient care equipment removed from the room of a patient with C difficile.
What is : BLEACH.
Use single-patient items as often as possible.
Room requirement for a patient placed in Airborne Precautions.
What is: Airborne Isolation Room (AII room) or Negative Pressure Room.
The 4 downstream effects of performing hand hygiene.
What are:
Reduced healthcare associated infections, reduced use of antibiotics, reduced patient mortality and reduced transmission of illness between staff members.
Strict adherence to these 3 items is necessary to prevent the spread of certain Epidemiologically Significant Pathogens such as ESBL's or CRE's.
What are: Contact Precautions (gowning and gloving), Hand hygiene and environmental cleaning.
2 methods for removing microorganisms from items that come into contact with mucous membranes or those used for surgical procedures.
What are High Level Disinfection / Sterilization.