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Standard Precautions
Infection Control
Personal Protection Equipment
Misc.
Bonus
100
Safety measures used in hospitals to reduce the risk of transmission of infection
What is Standard Precautions
100
A source A susceptible host A mode of transmission
What is the 3 Elements required for Transmission of infectious agents?
100
PPE
What is the abbreviation for Personal, Protective, Equipment?
100
Infections that result from delivery of health services in ANY healthcare facility
What is Healthcare Associated Infections (HAI)?
100

CDC

What is The Center for Disease Control?

200
The single most important act of medical asepsis
What is Hand Hygiene (Hand Washing)
200
*Person to Person *Physical contact *Most frequent
What is Direct Contact Transmission?
200

Receptacle for used needles.

What is a Sharps container?

200
Infections acquired in hospitals
What is Nosocomial Infection?
200

All practices intended to confine a specific organism to a specific area

What is Medical Asepsis?

300
Personal Protective Equiptment
What is PPE?
300
Limits the number, growth, and transmission of microorganisms
What is Medical Asepsis?
300
*Hand hygiene *Apply gown *Apply mask or respirator *Apply goggles or face shield *Apply gloves
What is the sequence for Donning PPE?
300
Developed by The Joint Commission (TJC) to help organizations address specific areas of concern with regards to patient safety
What is the National Patient Safety Goals
300

MRSA

What is Methicillin-Resistant Staph Aureus

400

Large particles move from one place to another

What is Droplet Contact Transmission?

400
Contact of a host with contaminated inanimate object
What is Indirect Contact Isolation?
400

Used in addition to standard precautions for patients with known or suspected infections.

What is an N-95 respirator mask

400
External mechanical transfer.
What is Vectors?
400

AIDS

What is Aquired Immunodeficieny Sydndrome

500
Applies to: Blood All body fluids Mucous membranes Broken (nonintact) skin
What is Tier 1?
500
Patients, healthcare, Personnel, and Household members and visitors.
What is Human Rersoirs?
500
Gloves Protective eyewear Gown Mask Hand hygiene
What is the sequence for removing PPE?
500

Mouth, Incision, Sore, Nose, Sperm

What are portals of exit?

500

Mask (surgical)

What PPE item is most important in Droplet Isolation?