Contact/droplet/airborne Flashcards
(22 cards)
Contact transmission
Direct - person to person
Ex touching
Indirect - environment/objects
Droplet transmission
Talking/sneezing/coughing
Heavy
Travel short distances (6ft)
Airborne transmission
Small microbe pathogens
Remains in air for long periods of time
Contact precautions considerations?
Private room/cohort 3-6ft apart Gloves/gown for patient interactions - on outside room - remove in pt room Limit nonevent Cover infected area ex. Wound Rooms cleaned each day Education to visitors Signs outside room
Considerations for transport of contact precautions?
Follow P&Ps/standard precautions Notify receiving department Hand hygiene Gloves and gown Contain infected area Clean equipment
Droplet precautions considerations?
Door and curtain closed Private room / cohort Distance 3-6ft maintained Mask or N95 for aerosol Limit movement Patient to wear mask for movement Room cleaning after air exchanges in OR Resp hygiene
Airborne precautions considerations?
Doors closed AIIR room Limit traffic Put on N95 outside room or PAPRs Visitor education
Surgery and airborne precautions?
Surgery normally postponed until no longer infectious
Or done with minimal members at end of day
Limit access, single use equipment
Cleaning after air exchanges
Moving patient on droplet?
Follow P&P/standard precautions Notifying receiving unit Mask on patient Resp hygiene Cleaning equipment
Moving airborne patient?
P&P/standard precautions Notifying receiving area Masks on patient and staff Cover skin lesions - chicken pox Resp hygiene Bypasses holding areas
Contact precaution examples?
CDIFF
MRSA
MDRO
Droplet precautions examples?
COVID 19 RSV Resp infections - virus/bacteria Mumps Rubella
Airborne examples
TB
Varicella
Aerosol generating
Isolation room OR
Is N95 masks needed in airborne OR?
N95 needed until proper air exchange has been completed
11min for 95%. (Same as N95 mask)
14min 99%
Bloodborne precautions?
Occupational Safety and Health admin
(OSHA)
Regulatory requirement when risk of exposure
Ex. Sharps safety
- Hep B&C, HIV
Do’s and Don’ts of bloodborne precautions.
Do:
Wash or flush after contact
Educate
Don PPE with anticipated exposure
Don’t:
Apply lip chap or make up
Have food or drinks in restricted/semi restricted
Hierarchy of controls
TOP Elimination - remove hazard Substitution - replace hazard Engineering controls - isolation hazard Administrative - change how people work PPE BOTTOM
What to do if you are sick or have skin condition?
Do not scrub
Follow P&P for guidelines
Seek high authority for direction
What is SARS-Cov-2?
Severe acute resp syndrome
Cussed by corona virus
Strain #2
WHO came up from the term COVID 19 what does it mean
Co- Corona
Vi - virus
D - disease
19 year recognized
Signs of COVID emergency?
SOB Chest pressure New confusion Inability to stay awake Poor skin tone - pale, grey, blue lips/nails
Covid screening for surgery?
Risk factors
Symptoms
Test results
Green, yellow, red
