Organism
Patients with a positive MDRO screening or culture without an active infection.
No isolation required.
Wash hands with soap and water when leaving this isolation.
What is enteric contact?
The procedure for removing PPE.
What is doffing?
Transmission through direct contact (hand or skin-to-skin) or horizontal transmission.
What is contact?
Precautions designed for the care of all patients in all practice settings, regardless of infection status.
What is Standard Precautions?
Patients identified with c.diff during their admission must remain in ________ precautions until diarrhea ceases and the patient is asymptomatic or has formed stool for at least 48 hours
What is enteric contact?
Wearing mask and gloves.
What is droplet?
The procedure for putting on PPE.
What is donning?
DOUBLE JEOPARDY
Spread by direct contact with the patient's hair/body/pubic hair or personal belongings such as a hairbrush, hat or clothing.
What is head/body lice?
Precautions for ESBL pathogens such as E.coli and Klebsiella.
What are contact precautions?
Rule out meningitis, patient must remain on _____ for 24 hours following the initiation of appropriate antibiotic therapy or organism has been identified as non-infectious.
What is droplet precautions?
Bugs are noted in patient belongings and small red bumps are visualized along the patients legs and arms. Isolation is ordered.
What is contact isolation?
Used for routine cares such as toileting or drawing blood.
What are gloves?
Indirect transmission by contaminated environmental surfaces.
What is horizontal transmission?
Precautions designed for the care of a patient with Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
What is airborne precautions?
Disseminated Herpes Zoster must remain on ______ until vesicles have crusted over.
What is airborne contact?
Isolation that prevents the patient from ambulating outside of their room?
What is airborne precautions?
PPE that is worn for handling c.diff infected stool.
What are isolation gowns?
Transmission occurs when an infected person coughs, sneezes or talks and the microorganisms remain suspended in the air and are carried over long distances in the air currents.
What is airborne?
Precautions needed for pathogens that are difficult to control and destroy due to resistance to routine disinfectants.
What are enteric contact precautions?
Mumps, Rubella and RSV all require being placed in isolation.
What is droplet?
A type of isolation where the air pressure prevents pathogens from flowing to other areas.
What is negative pressure isolation?
What PPE should be worn with a patient has disseminated shingles?
What are N95, gown, gloves, goggles or shield?
Transmission occurs within 3 feet from an infected person when an they cough, sneeze or talk and the microorganisms do not remain suspended in the air.
What are droplets?
Precautions needed for a patient with Ebola.
What are droplet contact precautions?