Infection Prevention
Methods used to prevent and control the spread of disease
What is Infection Prevention
Name the 6 steps to the chain of infection
What is Causative Agent, Reservoir, Portal of Exit, Mode of transmission, Portal of Entry, Susceptible Host
What might you do before entering a residents room and after you leave
Hand Hygiene
PPE stands for
What is Personal protective Equipment
The three forms of precautions are
What is Airborne, Droplet, and Contact
What makes a resident more susceptible
What is The resistance to disease decreases
Another term that means communicable disease
What is Contagious disease
The waiting period between the time being exposed and the time you see visible symptoms is called
What is Incubation Period
What item might be labeled as a Biohazard?
What is Sharps containers
Another name for a mask is
What is Respirator
The main step in your exposure plan is
What is Report to supervisor
An object contaminated with a pathogen and can spread the pathogen to another person
What is Fomite
Disinfection, Sterilization, and Autoclave all have what in common?
What is Destroy all pathogens and microorganisms
Main routes of transmission are
What is Contact, Droplet, and Airborne
When is hand hygiene important
What is entering and exiting a residents room
What can you use in place of goggles?
What is a faceshield
To keep a resident separate from staff, visitors and other residents where might they go?
What is Isolation Unit
Why might a resident become malnourished
What is not getting enough nutrition
Healthcare-associated Infections can happen by
What is not reporting residents symptoms
4 portals of exit are
What is the nose, mouth, eyes, or cut in the skin
If you cut or break you skin you should
What is Clean and cover immediately
Explain the procedure for doffing
What is Gloves, Gown, Goggles, Mask, Hand hygiene
What is the proper PPE for C.diff and MRSA
What is Gloves and Gown
In a nursing home or hospital when should you make sure you do hand hygiene
What is before and after you give a resident assistance
The difference between communicable disease and noncommunicable disease is
What is Communicable disease is spread by direct contact, noncommunicable disease can not be spread from one person to another
Explain the difference between Direct and Indirect Contact
What is Direct happens by touching infected person, Indirect happens well touching an object after infected person
What do Centers for Disease Control and Prevention promote
What is protect and improve public health and safety
Explain the procedure for donning
What is Hand Hygiene, Gown, Mask, Googles, Gloves
Going into a residents room that has an airborne disease you must
What is hand hygiene, wear a mask, keep doors closed
Systemic Infection
What is when pathogens enter the bloodstream and move throughout the body