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Decontamination
Initial Actions
Risk/Benefit
Policy & Protocol
Potpourri
100
The Zone where the decon corridor is located.
What is the Warm Zone?
100
Level of HazMat training responders must have to act in a defensive manner
What is Operations Level?
100
A PAPR with an assigned protection factor of 1.000; a chemical-resistant protective garment, head covering, double layer of protective gloves, and chemical-protective boots.
What is Hospital Level PPE?
100
S 1209
What is the Decontamination Policy for St. Mary's Medical Center?
100
Hearing Aids
What is an item a patient might have that can NOT be decontaminated.
200
Use a large volume of low-pressure water for an average of 5 minutes.
What is Emergency Decontamination?
200
The patient is routed out the front door and directed through the ED garage.
What does triage do if a patient comes in smelling strongly of a chemical?
200
Healthcare workers at a hospital receiving contaminated victims for treatment.
What is "First Receivers"?
200
5th Avenue Alley; Maintenance & Security staff
Where is the Mass Decon tent put up? Who sets it up?
200
Dilution
What is the solution?
300
Type of decon specific to cleaning the PPE of staff.
What is Technical Decontamination?
300
Triage informs Charge RN of situation requiring decontamination. The Charge RN will contact ED physician to help identify chemical or contaminant.?
What is the first step in initiating decon operations?
300
OSHA's standard on Hazardous Waste Operations & Emergency Response.
What is HAZWOPER?
300
• Quickly rinse self from head to toe with water and soap using the hand-held sprayer in a systematic fashion, cleaning open wounds first and then in a head-to-toe fashion for five minutes when the agent is non-persistent and 8 minutes when a persistent or unknown agent is involved. • Discourage the patient from rubbing too vigorously while washing. Remind them to wash the axilla, creases, folds, and hair. • After washing, thoroughly rinse themselves (this should require about a minute to complete).
What are decon instructions to ambulatory patients?
300
A shower.
What is something everybody can use?
400
Head, shoulders, hands and feet
What are the most likely places to find contamination?
400
To put on, in order to wear (e.g., PPE)
What is donning PPE?
400
Initial and annual refresher training provided to all hospital personnel who have been designated to provide treatment, triage, decontamination, or others services to contaminated individuals or who may be reasonably expected to come in contact with those individuals arriving at the hospital.
What is HAZWOPER First Responder Operations Level?
400
A way to ascertain baseline vital signs and identify staff who will be disqualified from donning PPE and participating in the decontamination process due to pre-existing medical conditions; prior to donning PPE.
What is Medical Monitoring and when is it performed?
400
A quick decon method used on scene - could be two fire trucks parked parallel with fire hoses making an X and having patients walk through.
What is Gross Decon?
500
Period of time when it is O.K. NOT to capture contaminated decon water
What is emergency decontamination?
500
The code called if large numbers of victims needing decontamination show up.
What is Decon Alert?
500
Where 5 or less patients would immediately decon if ambulatory, or have assisted decon if non-ambulatory.
What is Fixed Decon Room?
500
Warm zone with appropriate PPE or cold zone with infection control PPE. Never in a hot zone.
Where will SMMC ED employees work?
500
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