Infection Control/patient safety

Question 1

Name 4 essential strategies for infectionprevention according to Joint Commission (2017)

Answer 1

hand hygiene, contact precautions, cleaning and disinfecting patient care equipment, cleaning and disinfecting the patients environment

Question 2

What are the 5 main routes of infection transmission

Answer 2

contact, droplet, airborne, common vehicle, vector borne

Question 3

Name 7 recommended seizure precautions for the EMU

Answer 3

padded side rails, availableO2 and suction, continuous monitoring of consciousness and mental status, turning patients on their side, supporting head during GTC, vital signs, timing the length of event

Question 4

General guidelines for patient safety during a seizure include:

Answer 4

ensure adequate ventilation, turn patient on side, protect from injury, do not restrain movement, loosen tight clothing, remain with patient and give verbal reassurance, provide privacy, continue to asses until baseline, call for emergency help if seizure lasts more than 5 minutes

Question 5

Washing contact time for proper hand hygiene is at least________ seconds according to CDC (2007)

Answer 5

20 seconds

Question 6

What are Universal Precautions?

Answer 6

set of guidelines to prevent the transmission of blood borne pathogens from exposure to blood or other potentially infectious materials.

Question 7

Which patient care item category do scalp electrodes fall under: non-critical, semi-critical, or critical and why?

Answer 7

semi-critical because skin preparation with any abrasive to lower impedances creates non-intact skin on the patient

Question 8

What is the best practice to properly identify a patient?

Answer 8

use two identifiers

Question 9

What is the universal protocol and how is it performed?

Answer 9

enacted by JCO in 2004 forpreventing wrong site, wrong procedure, and wrong person surgery. Pre-procedureverification, marking procedure site and performing time-out

Question 10

What is a Culture of Safety and what do key elements include?

Answer 10

Safety minimizes risk of harm to patients and providers through both effectiveness and individual performance. Key elements are organizational priority, teamwork, patient involvement, openness/transparency and accountability