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What are the 2 purposes of infection control?
✓ 1. Protecting clients from acquiring infections
✓ 2. protecting health care workers from becoming infected.
HAI
✓ hospital acquired infection
ARO
✓ antibiotic resistant organism
AGMP
✓ aerosol generating medical procedure
PPE
✓ personal protective equipment
What are the 6 links in the chain of infection?
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✓ - Infectious agent (pathogen)
✓ - Reservoir (source for pathogen growth)
✓ - Portal of exit
✓ - Mode of transmission
✓ - Portal of entry to host
✓ - Susceptible host
What are some nursing interventions that break the chain of infection?
✓ hand hygiene, cleaning equipment, PPE
What are the 4 moments for hand hygiene?
✓ 1. Before initial patient environment contact
✓ 2. Before aseptic procedure
✓ 3. After body fluid exposure risk
✓ 4. After patient environment contact
What are routine precautions?
✓ infection prevention and control activities used in the care of all clients
regardless of diagnosis or possible infection status
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What do routine precautions apply to?
✓ blood, all bodily fluids, excretions (except sweat), non-intact skin, and
mucous membranes
Airborne Precautions
✓ - Particles smaller than 5 microns
✓ - Private room, door closed (negative pressure)
✓ - N95/respirator
✓ - Use airborne precautions during AGMP in suspected/confirmed
COVID 19 pts.
Examples of AGMPS
✓ - CPR
✓ - Intubation
✓ - Nebulizer meds
✓ - BIPAP/CPAP
✓ - High flow O2
✓ - Tracheostomy/trach care
Droplet Precautions
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✓ - Particles larger than 5 microns
✓ - Deposited on mucous membranes of eyes, nose, mouth of
susceptible host
✓ - Deposited on surfaces
✓ - PPE: mask and eye protection
Contact Precautions
✓ - Practices used to prevent spread of disease by direct or indirect
contact
✓ - PPE: gloves and gown
Cytotoxic Precautions
✓ -when patient is on cytotoxic medications, body fluids are
contaminated for 48 hrs after last admin of cytotoxic med
✓
✓ -double nitrile glove, long sleeve moisture resistant gown, eye/face
protection
Order of Donning PPE
✓ hand hygiene, gown, mask, eye protection, gloves
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