CLEANING & DISINFECTING
SURFACES IN A PATIENT ROOM THAT MAY BE VERY CONTAMINATED, INCLUDING BED RAILS, CALL BUTTONS AND TRAY TABLES.
WHAT ARE HIGH TOUCH SURFACES?
THE VARICELLA VACCINE IS USED TO IMMUNIZE AGAINST THIS VIRUS.
WHAT IS CHICKENPOX?
A NON-STERILE FLUID RESISTANT TYPE OF PPE WORN TO KEEP CLOTHING FROM BECOMING CONTAMINATED.
WHAT IS AN ISOLATION GOWN?
YOUR NOSE AND MOUTH SHOULD BE COVERED WITH THIS WHEN SNEEZING OR COUGHING.
WHAT IS A TISSUE?
THIS TECHNIQUIE IS USED WHEN PREPARING INJECTIONS.
WHAT IS ASEPTIC TECHNIQUE?
THE AMOUNT OF TIME A PRODUCT MUST BE ON A SURFACE TO EFFECTIVELY DISINFECT IT.
WHAT IS CONTACT TIME?
A COMMON VIRUS THAT CAUSES MILD, COLD-LIKE SYMPTOMS THAT INFANTS AND OLDER ADULTS ARE MORE LIKELY TO DEVELOP.
WHAT IS RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS (RSV)?
THE MINIMUM INFECTION PREVENTION PRACTICES THAT APPLY TO ALL PATIENT CARE, REGARDLESS OF SUSPECTED OR CONFIRMED INFECTION.
WHAT ARE STANDARD PRECAUTIONS?
CONTROL MEASURES THAT CAN PREVENT THE SPREAD OF ALL RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS.
WHAT IS RESPIRATORY HYGIENE/COUGH ETIQUETTE?
THE PROCESS USED WHEN WIPING THE RUBBER STOPPER ON A MED VIAL WITH ALCOHOL PRIOR TO USE.
WHAT IS DISINFECTION?
A FORM OF DECONTAMINATION THAT REMOVES VISIBLE SOILS.
WHAT IS CLEANING?
THE STATE OR QUALITY OF BEING RESISTANT TO A SPECIFIC INFECTIOUS DISEASE.
WHAT IS IMMUNITY?
THE MINIMUM PPE REQUIRED FOR DROPLET PRECAUTIONS.
WHAT ARE A MASK AND EYE PROTECTION?
SMALL PARTICLES, USUALLY <5 MICROMETERS THAT ARE RELEASED WHEN COUGHING OR SNEEZING?
WHAT ARE DROPLETS?
BLOOD/BODY FLUIDS EXPOSURE CAN OCCUR WITH UNSAFE INJECTION PRACTICES, THESE EXPOSURE INCLUDE HIV, HEPATITIS B & HEPATITIS C, ALSO KNOW AS THIS.
WHAT IS BLOOD BORNE PATHOGENS?
THE USE OF CHEMICALS TO DESTROY PATHOGENS AND RENDERS AN ITEM SAFE FOR HANDLING.
WHAT IS DISINFECTION?
MMR VACCINE IS GIVEN TO COVER THESE HIGHLY CONTAGIOUS ILLNESSES/
WHAT ARE MEASLES, MUMPS AND RUBELLA?
THE PROCESS OF PUTTING ON AND REMOVING PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT.
WHAT IS DONNING & DOFFING?
THE USE OF FACEMASKS OR RESPIRATORS TO COVER THE NOSE AND MOUTH TO PREVENT THE SPREAD OF RESPIARTORY SECRETIONS.
WHAT IS SOURCE CONTROL?
SAFE INJECTION PRACTICES ARE A PART OF THIS TYPE OF PRECAUTIONS.
WHAT ARE STANDARD PRECAUTIONS?
THESE DEVICES COME INTO CONTACT WITH INTACT SKIN AND ARE CLEANED AND DISINFECTED AFTER EACH PATIENT USE.
WHAT ARE REUSABLE OR NON-CRITICAL DEVICES?
THE RECOMMENDED AGE FOR PEOPLE TO RECEIVE THE INFLUENZA & COVID-19 VACCINES.
WHAT IS AGE 6 MONTHS AND OLDER?
A FACEPIECE RESPIRATOR THAT FILTERS AT LEAST 95% OF AIRBORNE PARTICLES THAT HAVE A DIAMETER OF 0.3 MICROMETERS OR MORE.
WHAT IS AN N95 RESPIRATOR?
THIS GOOD RESPIRATORY ETIQUETTE PRACTICE SHOULD BE DONE EVERY TIME YOU COUGH, SNEEZE OR TOUCH YOUR MOUTH/NOSE.
WHAT IS WASH YOUR HANDS?
ALSO KNOWN AS PEP - IT IS OFTEN GIVEN AFTER A HCP HAS BEEN EXPOSED TO A BLOOD BORNE PATHOGEN.
WHAT IS POST EXPOSURE PROPHYLAXIS?