Protective Wear
This item is used when your hands may touch someone else's body fluids, certain hazardous drugs or some potentially contaminated items.
What are gloves?
The minimum infection prevention practices that apply to all patient care, regardless of suspected or confirmed infection status of the patient.
What are standard precautions?
The first step in donning PPE.
What is to perform hand hygiene?
CDC
What is the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
The minimum amount of time to wash your hands.
What is 20 seconds?
This item protects you from the contamination of clothing with potentially infectious material?
What is a gown?
This precaution is used for infections such as MRSA, VRE, ESBL and C-Diff.
What is contact isolation?
The sequence in donning PPE.
What are the gown, mask/respirator, goggles/face shield, and the gloves?
OSHA
What is the Occupational Safety and Health Administration?
The most important components of hand washing.
What are soap, (warm) water, and friction?
This item protects only your eyes from splatters.
What are goggles?
This isolation precaution is to prevent the transmission of pathogens spread through close respiratory or mucous membrane contact with respiratory secretions.
What is droplet isolation?
The sequence of doffing PPE.
What are the gloves, goggles or face shield, gown, and mask or respirator?
WHO
What is the World Health Organization?
Our goal for hand hygiene compliance at Encompass Health Lakeshore among hospital staff.
What is 90%?
This item filters the air you breathe to help protect you from microorganisms including bacteria and many viruses.
What is a N95/Respirator?
This reverse isolation is used to protect a patient from infectious organisms carried by staff or patients.
What are neutropenic precautions?
The most contaminated portion of the mask/respirator?
What is the front of the mask/respirator?
COVID-19
What is the Coronavirus Disease 2019?
Used when hands are not visibly soiled and acts quickly to kill microorganisms.
What is an alcohol-based handrub/sanitizer?
This item protects the mucous membranes of the eyes, nose, and mouth from splashes of body fluid.
What is a face shield??
Prevents the transmission of infectious agents that remain infectious over long distances when suspended in the air.
What are airborne precautions?
The most contaminated portions of the gown.
What are the gown front and sleeves?
JCAHO
What is the Joint Commission for Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations?
Per the CDC, the minimum percentage of alcohol that can be deemed effective in alcohol-based handrubs/sanitizers.
What is 60% ethanol or 70% isopropanol.