Lecture 19 - Infection & Prevention Control

Question 1

What are health care-association infections (HAI’s) and what is a result of them

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What are some interventions to reduce HAI’s

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Question 2

Are HAI’s preventable?

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Question 3

What is the chain of transmission

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Question 4

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C

Question 5

How do we break the chain of transmission (5)

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Question 7

What is the purpose of routine practices

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Question 8

What are 3 elements of routine practice

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Question 9

What is the first step in effective use of routine practices and when must it be done

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Perform a risk assessment before each interaction with a patient or their environment to determine which interventions are required to prevent transmission during the interaction

Question 10

What are the 4 moments of hand hygiene

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Question 11

When should hand hygiene be done

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Question 12

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Yes

Question 13

Describe 3 types of PPE

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Question 14

How to put on PPE

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Question 15

How to take off PPE

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Question 16

What are important hygiene factors in regards to the environment and equipment

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Question 17

What are barriers and facilitators to compliance of hygiene in the workplaces

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Question 18

What are additional precautions

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Question 19

What are 6 elements of additional precautions

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Question 20

What are contact precautions

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Question 21

What are droplet and contact precautions

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Question 22

What are airborne precautions

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Question 23

What are the PT standards of practice with infection control and equipment maintenance

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Question 24

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1. In their chart and on their door 2. Routine practices risk assessment Gloves, hand hygiene, mask, eye protection, gown

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1. Routine risk assessment and make sure to look at additional precautions 2. Droplet precautions (mask and eye protection), gloves 3. Need to use appropriate precautions to get these patients up and out of their rooms (they don’t have to stay in their rooms at all times). Proper hand hygiene.

Question 26

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1. Gloves and gown (contain the feces) 2. Dedicated commode for the bathroom 3. Slings are single use for patients, need to make sure sling is not soiled after each use and if so needs to be laundered, can have dedicated lift for their room (advocate for a room with a ceiling lift), if cant have dedicated lift then use appropriate cleaning protocols for the lift