Chapter 10 Part 1 Flashcards
_____________ - bacteria of any kind that becomes resistant to many different kinds of antibiotics.
MDRO’s cost $20 billion in direct healthcare costs and $35 billion in lost productivity
Multiple Drug Resistant Organisms (MDRO’s)
An infection occurring in a patient in a hospital or healthcare setting in whom the infection was not present or incubating at the time of admission.
Death or major loss of function due to an HAI is considered a Sentinel Event
Hospital Associated Healthcare Infections (HAI’s)
What types of people need to be on the IPC committee?
physicians, nurses, clinical laboratory staff and others as deemed appropriate
What does PPE stand for?
Personal Protective Equipment
Includes gloves, gown, mask, and eye protection whenever procedures that disrupt the patient’s skin or mucous membranes are performed
PPE
Any occurrence of infection is evaluated
Surveillance of employee health and illness
Surveillance of the facility vaccine program
Surveillance of the healthcare environment
Surveillance of food preparation areas
Conduct ongoing infection surveillance
Tuberculosis testing
Hand-washing campaigns
Influenza vaccination programs
Hepatitis B vaccinations for high-risk employees
Sterile technique in-services
Needlestick prevention programs
Universal precaution education is mandatory for all employees
Educational programs that can help prevent the spread of disease
Rectangle shape is called the ________ Icon.
Process
Diamond shape is called the ________ Icon.
Decision
Circle shape is called the ________ Icon.
Connector
Oval shape is called the ________ Icon.
Terminator
Parallelogram shape is called the ________ Icon.
Manual input
Represent periods in the process when actions are being performed by human participants
Process Icon
Represent the points in the process at which participants must evaluate the status of the process
Decision Icon
Represent points in the flowchart description of the process where the analysis skips to another common point of the process
Connector Icon
