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| When to use infection control |
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- Wound care
- Transmittable infections
- Low immunity |
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-Absence of microorgnisms that produce disease
-Prevention of infection by maintaining a sterile technique
(keeping things clean) |
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-Practices that help reduce the number of microorganisms and reduce the spread
- Aseptic technique = purposeful prevention of the transfer of microbes, it includes actions taken to keep an area as free from contamination as possible. |
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198- Center for Disease Control published recommendations for preventing HIV (and other blood pathogens) transmission in health-care settings. Commonly called universal precautions.
- Approach emphasizes cinsistent use of blood and body fluid precautions for all patients because the infections potential blood and other body fluids is not always known. |
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-Practices that render and keep objects and areas free of all microorganisms
-Sterile technique= Techniques mandates that instruments and fields are kept sterile during use |
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- A set of infection control practices used to prevent transmission of diseases that can be acquire by contact with blood, body fluid, non-intact skin (including rashes), and mucous membranes.
- Measures are to be used when providing care to all individuals whether or not they appear infectious or symptomatic |
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| Transmission Based precautions |
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| - Safeguards designed for patients documented or subjected to be infected with highly transmissable or epidemiologically important pathogens for which additional precautions beyond standard precautions are needed to interrupt transmission in hospitals |
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| The three types of transmission based precautions are |
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1- Airborne precautions
2- Droplet precautions
3- Contact precautions |
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Contact Isolation precautions include
(MRSA,VRE,C-diff) |
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- Private room
- Equipment left in room (BP cuff)
- No mask
- Gown
- Gloves
-CHG soap for handwashing
- Minimize transport |
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Isolation precautions for droplet
(mumps, meningitis) |
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-Private room
- Mask when working within 3 ft of pt
- No gown
- No gloves
- Minimize transport (mask pt when neccessary) |
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Airborne Isolation Precautions
(TB and Measles) |
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-Private room with separate entrance
- Mask (dust/ mist mask)
- No gown
- No gloves
- Minimize transport (mask pt when necessary) |
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Airborne plus Contact Isolation
(Chickenpox) |
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-Private room with separate entrance
- Mask (dust/ mist mask)
- Gown
- Gloves
- Minimize transport (mask pt when necessary) |
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| Before and after patient contact you should |
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wash your hands
- Also before and after contact with wounds, dressings, specimens, bed linen, and protective clothing
-After contact with secretions/excretion
-Before and after bathroom use and after blowing or wiping nose, sneezing, or coughing
-After removing personal protective equipment
-Before and after eating |
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| Take less time than traditional soap and water and are shown to significantly reduce the number of microorganisms on the skin. |
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Alcohol based cleaners
-Used to clean hands unless visible blood or body fluids present
-Product must be applied to instructions
-All surface of hands and fingers should be covered and care of pts should be suspended until these areas are dry. |
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| With soap and water is recommended when HCP hands are visibly soiled, and when alcohol based cleaners are not available. |
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The use of gloves does eliminate the need for careful hand washing?
(True or False) |
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False
-The use of gloves does NOT eliminate the need for careful hand washing |
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- Worn when examining abraded or non intact skin or pts with active bleeding
- during invasive procedures
- during all cleaning of body fluids and decontamination procedures
-during wound care
- when the possibility of exposure to blood or body fluids exists |
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Required when splashes to the skin and or clothing is highly likely.
- Made or lined with fluid-resistant material and will protect all areas of exposed skin. |
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| Required when contamination of mucosal membranes, eyes, mouth, or nose is highly possible. Not required for routine care. |
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| CPR microshield, resuscitation bags, or other ventilation devices where the need for emergency mouth to mouth resuscitation may be required. |
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| After use will be placed directly into a puncture-proof container located at the patients bed side. |
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Definition
Sharps (needles, syringes)
-Needles must not be recapped, bent broken, or clipped |
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| Avoid wearing __________ fingernails. |
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| Clinical signs and symptoms such as redness, pain, heat, and swelling around the wound, increased or purulent drainage, odor from the wound, or discoloration of tissues in the wound. |
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| Bacteria present within a wound can be divided into 4 distinct categories... |
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1- Contamination
2- Colonization
3- Critical colonization
4- Wound infection |
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-Presence of bacteria on the wound surface that are NOT actively multiplying
-Does not illicit a host reaction
-Does not impair wound healing |
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| All wounds are ___________ |
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-Presence of replicationg microorganisms, which do Not cause injury to the host.
- Pathogens attach themselves to surface of the open wound but do not invade healthy tissue surrounding the wound. |
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- The presence of replicating microorganisms which are beginning to cause local tissue damage.
- An increased bacterial burden
-Bacteria excrete metabolic byproducts that can be toxic to our cells |
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| 1-2 signs need to be present to be considered __________ ___________ |
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| 3 or more signs or symptoms = _________ |
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-Delayed healing
-Abnormal odor
-Friable granulation tissue(bleeds easy)
-Increased serous exudate
-Change in color of the wound bed
- Absent or abnormal granulation tissue
- Increased pain at wound site |
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Invasion of pathological organisms into healthy surrounding tissue
- Occurs when bacteria invasded healthy tissure and mutliply to such an extent that they overwhelm the hosts immune system and results in multiple host reactions |
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Induration (Firm tissue around area)
Fever
Edema
Erythema (redness with warmth)
Pain
Exudate
Delayed Healing |
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| Classical signs of localized infection |
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| Chronic wounds are not ______ and can never be. |
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| Clean aseptic technique should be used with |
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| Sharp debridement requires a _________ technique |
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| Universal Precautions should be followed in ______ aspects of wound care. |
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