Blood Borne Pathogens
HIV, Hepatitis B , Hepatitis C
What is Blood Borne Pathogens?
True or False: Gloves are a substitute for hand hygiene and you do not need to decontaminate your hands after wearing gloves?
What is: False
This is the number one way to prevent the spread of nosocomial(hospital acquired) infections.
What is : HANDWASHING!!
What cleaning agent must be used if a patient has C'DIFF
What is : BLEACH (10%) or Chlorox Health Care
True or False: Your are emptying trash in a patients room- do you need to change your gloves between EACH patient?
What is: TRUE! Nobody should EVER be in the halls with gloves on
Only vaccine for one of the Blood Borne Pathogens.
What is the Hepatitis B Vaccine?
What PPE must be worn to enter a patients room in "Contact" Precautions?
What is: gown and gloves
The length of time you must lather your hands with soap
What is 15 seconds
True or False: Alcohol hand sanitizer will kill C'Diff
What is: FALSE- it does not kill spores-c'diff is a spore
True or False: Computer key boards and telephones have more germs on them than Public toilets
What is : TRUE
GLOVES, GOWNS, MASK, GOGGLES
What is Personal Protective Equipment?
What PPE must be worn to enter a patients room in "Droplet" precautions:
What is : a mask
True or False: Hand Sanitizer is: -effective only if applied and rubbed in thoroughly -Made with at least 62% alcohol -Applied before and after patient contact , and each glove use
What is: True
True or False: you do not need to isolate resident if Nares is positive for MRSA.
What is true?
What you should do if a patient comes in and is coughing and sneezing
What is : give them a mask (education on hand hygiene also PLEASE)
Disinfectant D or BLEACH (1:10)
10 Minutes
What kills HIV, Hepatitis C , Hepatitis B and how long is the kill time?
Type of precautions used for a patient with TB or chicken pox
What is: Airborne
True or False: I just came out of a c'diff resident's room, I do not need to wash my hands. I only emptied trash and did not touch the patient
What is: FALSE- c'diff will be on EVERY object
Taking antibiotics unnecessarily can lead to Multi Drug Resistant Organisms (MDROs).
Why do you not want to take antibiotics if not needed?
True or False: Recapping needles is prohibited
What is: TRUE
To protect yourself from splashing/ spraying.
Why do you put on mask and goggles?
If a patient has c'difficile, how do you decontaminate your hands?
What is: You must use soap and water, NOT alcohol hand sanitizer
The correct way to wash your hands
What is: turn on the faucet, wet hands, apply soap, lather/scrub minimum 15 seconds, rinse hands, dry with paper towel, use paper towel to turn off faucet, use the paper towel to exit the room.
You have been vomiting and had explosive diarrhea due to the Norovirus. When can you return to work?
What is : 48 hours after you last vomit/have diarrhea
A palpable bump (induration) 10mm or more at site of TB skin test.
What is a possible positive TB skin test look like?