Don't Spread the Goo!
The easiest and least expensive way to prevent the spread of infection
What is Hand Hygiene?
T or F: Gloves are a substitute for hand hygiene.
What is false? Hand hygiene by either washing your hands with soap and water or alcohol must still be done, even if gloves are going to be worn.
The overuse of this has caused a rise in superbugs.
What is antibiotics?
Who in the hospital should be vaccinated for the flu vaccine every year?
What is all health care workers?
How far a sneeze can travel.
What is at least 6 feet, up to 20 feet or more outside!
The length of time to wash your hands.
What is 15-20 seconds?
Color of gown for contact isolation.
What is blue?
Skin infection from a "spider bite".
What is MRSA?
Number of dust mites on your bed at any given time.
What is 6 billion?
More germs are transmitted by this method than kissing.
What is shaking hands?
To be effective, hand sanitizer contains this percentage of alcohol.
What is 60% or above?
PPE required for droplet isolation.
mask (in addition to other required PPE)
Method of transmission of most superbugs.
What is contact? Hand to hand, hand to object, contact with the infection via touching
T or F: Dress code is not important for infection control.
What is false? Dress code is very important for controlling the spread of infection. Rings and nails harbour bacteria that isn't washed away during hand hygiene, contributing to the spread of infection.
More than 25% of people have this on their hands.
What is fecal material?
An organism not killed by the alcohol in hand sanitizers.
What is c-diff?
(also Norovirus)
Type of precautions used for a TB patient.
What is Airborne?
Type of hand hygiene used with c-diff patients.
What is soap and water?
Alcohol based sanitizers are not effective at killing c-diff or norovirus and soap and water must be used.
This group, usually headed by a pharmacist, works to reduce unnecessary antibiotic use.
What is Antibiotic Stewardship?
Percent of infections spread by not washing hands.
What is 80%.
Estimated global rates of handwashing after using the toilet.
What is 19%?
According to the CDC, less than 20% of all people worldwide wash their hands after using the toilet!
Name enteric precaution PPE.
What is gown, gloves, shoe covers, and face shield (if splashing is likely to occur).
The letters VRE mean this.
What is Vancomycin resistant enterococcus?
These are microbes that have developed resistance to antibiotics.
Infectious diseases are caused by __________ that penetrate the body's natural barriers and multiply to create symptoms and diseases.
What are microorganisms such as bacteria, viruses, fungi, or parasites.
The human body is home to this many species of organisms.
What is 1,000?