Droplet
What PPE besides gloves is needed for influenza?
a. gown
b. mask
c. shoe covers
d. goggles
b. mask
What is a critical hygiene practice used to prevent transmission through contact?
Hand Hygiene (washing your hands)
What are airborne precautions?
Precautions used for patients who have infections that spread through the air
Name all of the standard PPE
Gloves, gown, goggles, mask/face shield
What are droplet precautions?
Precautions to use for patients with an infection that is spread by large-particle droplets
What PPE, besides gloves, is needed for transmission-based contact precautions?
Gown
What is the main purpose of an N95 respirator?
To prevent the transmission of airborne diseases such as tuberculosis
When leaving a patient in an isolation room, what PPE should be take off first?
a.goggles
b. mask
c.gloves
d.gown
c. gloves
What diseases require droplet precautions?
Pertussis (whooping cough), Covid-19, influenza, Pneumonia
What is contact precautions?
Precautions used for patients who are infected or colonized by a multidrug-resistant organism.
What are some diseases that spread through the air?
Measles, Tuberculosis (TB), SARS
What is the primary goal of infection control practices?
to prevent transmission of communicable diseases