Hand Hygiene
This is one of the most effective ways to prevent the spread of infections.
What is hand washing with soap and water?
What does PPE stand for?
What is Personal Protective Equipment?
Before donning PPE, you must always do this to ensure your hands are clean.
What is wash your hands or use hand sanitizer?
When caring for a patient under standard precaution, you would typically wear..
Pick one member to dress down
40 seconds to dress.
1. Wash Hands
2. Gown
3. Gloves
4. Mask
These precautions are used with all patients, focusing on basic hygiene practices to prevent infection.
What are standard precautions?
Hand washing for at least this amount of time is recommended to effectively reduce the spread of germs.
What is 20 seconds?
items such as gloves, masks, goggles, and gowns, are used to protect against infectious pathogens.
What is personal protective equipment?
This is the last step when doffing PPE to avoid contaminating yourself.
What is washing your hands immediately after removing PPE?
When caring for a patient under airborne precaution, you would typically wear...
Pick One member to dress down.
40 seconds to dress down.
1. Clean hands
2. Mask
This type of isolation precaution is required when diseases are transmitted through droplets from sneezing or coughing.
What are droplet precautions?
Do you turn off the water after washing hands or turn it off after you dry them?
After drying them
When do you take off PPE after seeing a patient?
All PPE should be removed before leaving the area and disposed of as healthcare waste.
Sequence for donning(putting on) PPE?
Pick one member to dress down!!
40 seconds to dress.
1. Wash Hands
2. Gown
3. Mask
4. Goggles
5. Gloves
When caring for a patient under droplet precaution, you would typically wear...
Pick one member to dress down.
40 seconds to dress.
1. Clean hands
2. Mask
3. Goggles
For diseases that are spread by small particles that remain in the air, this precaution is necessary.
What are airborne precautions?
When do you wash or disinfect your hands when assessing a patient?
Before entering the room and after you leave the room
Infections in healthcare settings.
What are Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAIs)?
Sequence of Doffing (taking off) PPE?
Pick one member to dress down?
40 seconds to dress!!
1.Gloves
2.Gown
3.Face shield or goggles
4.Mask or respirator
5. Hand Hygiene
When caring for a patient under contact precaution, you would typically wear...
Pick One member to dress down.
40 seconds to dress.
1. Clean Hands
2. Gown
3. Gloves
This isolation precaution prevents infection spread through direct or indirect contact with an infected individual.
What are contact precautions?