Categories specific isolation precaution

Question 1

-strict isolation
-contact isolation
-Respiratory isolation
-Tuberculosis isolation
- enteric precaution
- Drainage/secretion precautions
-blood/body fluid precaution

Question 2

Delineate practices for control of specific diseases
⚬ Use of private rooms with special ventilation
⚬ Cohorting clients infected with the same organism
⚬ Gowning to prevent gross soilage of clothes

Answer 2

disease specific isolation precautions

Question 3

• Used with all clients
• Decrease the risk of transmitting unidentified pathogens
• Obstruct the spread of bloodborne pathogens
(hepatitis B and C viruses and HIV)
• Used in conjunction with disease-specific or category-
specific precaution

Answer 3

universal precautions

Question 4

• Employs generic infection control precautions for all clients
• Body substances include:
⚬ Blood
⚬ Urine
⚬ Feces
⚬ Wound drainage
⚬ Oral secretions
⚬ Any other body product or tissue

Answer 4

Body substance isolation (BSI)

Question 5

• Used in the care of all hospitalized persons regardless of their diagnosis or possible infection status
• Apply to:
⚬ Blood
⚬ All body fluids, secretions, and excretions except sweat (whether or not blood is present or visible)
⚬ Nonintact skin and mucous membranes
• Combine the major features of UP and BSI

Answer 5

Standard precautions

Question 6

• Used in addition to standard precautions
• For known or suspected infections that are spread in one of three ways:
⚬ Airborne
⚬ Droplet
⚬ Contact
• May be used alone or in combination but always in
addition to standard precaution

Answer 6

transmission based precautions

Question 7

• Many supplied for single use only
• Disposed of after use
• Agencies have specific policies and procedures for handling soiled reusable equipment
• Nurses need to become familiar with these practices

Answer 7

managing equipment used for isolation clients