Acronyms
IPAC
What is Infection Prevention and Control?
The number one way to reduce transmission
What is hand hygiene
A bacteria that is a usual member of your normal flora and can become methicillin resistant
What is staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)
The act of removing dirt and germs
What is cleaning
All 6 links need to be present to complete this
What is the Chain of Infection
CLS
What is Congregate Living Setting?
The number one way to eliminate the source of infection.
What are vaccines/immunizations
Name 2 antibiotic resistant organisms.
What is *variable* (MRSA, VRE, ESBL)
Diluted for use and does not have a DIN
What is Bleach
The link contaminated environments, people, food, soil, water and animals belongs to.
What are reservoirs.
DIN
What is Drug Identification Number?
The components of hand hygiene when your hands are visibly soiled
What is soap and running warm water
The most frequent cause of infectious diarrhea in Canadian hospitals and long-term care facilities.
What is Clostridium difficile (or C.diff).
Using a cloth to disinfect and returning it to the disinfectant bucket.
What is double-dipping?
The LEAST effective strategy to prevent exposures based on the Hierarchy of Controls.
What is Personal Protective Equipment (or PPE).
PCRA
What is Point of Care Risk Assessment
or
What is Personal Care Risk Assessment
A form of PPE that is seal checked
What is a N95 respirator/mask
An emerging fungus that can have multi-drug resistance
What is candida auris
At 0.3% this disinfectant typically has a short contact time of 1-3minutes and is widely used in our facilities
What is accelerated hydrogen peroxide
The MOST effective strategy to prevent exposures based on the Hierarchy of Controls.
What is Elimination (or physically removing the hazard).
HEPA
What is High Efficiency Particulate Air (filtration)?
A resident should be placed on these precautions when they are colonized or infected, symptomatic or have been exposed to an infectious agent.
What are additional precautions.
This era refers to the years 1950-1970 when many antibiotics were discovered.
What is "The Golden Age"
The flow one should follow when disinfecting a room
What is clean-to-dirty
This model demonstrates that each control level of the Hierarchy of Controls do not always work on their own and must be layered in order to be the most effective.
What is the Swiss Cheese Model.