Standard Precautions
This is required before and after every patient contact.
Hand Hygiene
Name three different types of PPE
Gloves, Gown, Mask, N95, goggles/face shield
Name three infectious diseases that would require contact precautions.
Clostridioides difficile (C. diff), Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci (VRE), norovirus, rotavirus
This type of mask is required when caring for a patient on droplet precautions.
A surgical mask
A patient on droplet precautions is leaving a room to go for an ultrasound. What should they be wearing?
A surgical mask
These are worn when touching blood, body fluids, or contaminated surfaces.
Gloves
The most important practice in preventing infection is...
Hand Hygiene
Hand sanitizer is generally effective for hand hygiene, but it is not recommended in this situation due to the pathogen’s resistance. Which infection is this?
Clostridioides difficile (C. difficile)
These respiratory droplets typically travel about this far before falling to the ground.
3 to 6 feet
A nurse performs wound care without gloves and then goes to help walk the roommate to the bathroom without washing her hands in between. This is an example of this type of transmission.
Direct Transmission
This PPE protects the nurse’s clothing from contamination.
Gown
Describe the correct order to put on PPE.
Gown → Mask → Goggles/Face Shield → Gloves
When taking care of a patient on contact precautions, what is the PPE required to put on prior to entering the patients room?
Gown and gloves
Tuberculosis, measles, and varicella require this type of precaution.
Airborne Precautions
A nurse forgets hand hygiene after removing gloves. Which link in the chain of infection is not broken?
Mode of transmission
This piece of PPE protects the nurse’s eyes, nose, and mouth from splashes, droplets, and bodily fluids.
Face Shield
Describe the correct order to remove PPE to prevent contamination.
Gloves → Goggles/Face Shield → Gown → Mask
What type of cleaning product is recommended when wiping down a piece of equipment after leaving a Clostridioides difficile (C. diff) patient room?
Bleach
Influenza, pertussis, and meningitis require this type of precaution.
Droplet Precautions
A nurse enters a TB patient's room in a surgical mask. What did the nurse do wrong?
Wore the incorrect mask, it should be an N95 respirator
Failure to remove PPE properly can result in this type of transmission.
Self contamination
Patients on airborne precautions must be placed in this type of room.
Negative pressure room
True or false: Patients can be cohorted if they both have the same infection.
True
This full set of PPE is required when caring for a patient with COVID-19 under airborne precautions.
N95 respirator, eye protection, gown, and gloves
Two patients are cohorted because of MRSA, but one just tested positive for VRE in the urine. According to infection control guidelines, what should the nurse do next?
Separate the patients and place the VRE-positive patient in a private room or with a new appropriate cohort