Contact/droplet/airborne

Question 1

Contact transmission

Answer 1

Direct - person to person
Ex touching

Indirect - environment/objects

Question 2

Droplet transmission

Answer 2

Talking/sneezing/coughing

Heavy

Travel short distances (6ft)

Question 3

Airborne transmission

Answer 3

Small microbe pathogens

Remains in air for long periods of time

Question 4

Contact precautions considerations?

Answer 4

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

Question 5

Considerations for transport of contact precautions?

Answer 5

Follow P&Ps/standard precautions 
Notify receiving department 
Hand hygiene 
Gloves and gown 
Contain infected area 
Clean equipment

Question 6

Droplet precautions considerations?

Answer 6

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

Question 7

Airborne precautions considerations?

Answer 7

Doors closed 
AIIR room 
Limit traffic 
Put on N95 outside room 
or PAPRs 
Visitor education

Question 8

Surgery and airborne precautions?

Answer 8

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

Question 9

Moving patient on droplet?

Answer 9

Follow P&P/standard precautions 
Notifying receiving unit 
Mask on patient 
Resp hygiene 
Cleaning equipment

Question 10

Moving airborne patient?

Answer 10

P&P/standard precautions 
Notifying receiving area 
Masks on patient and staff
Cover skin lesions - chicken pox
Resp hygiene 
Bypasses holding areas

Question 11

Contact precaution examples?

Answer 11

CDIFF
MRSA
MDRO

Question 12

Droplet precautions examples?

Answer 12

COVID 19 
RSV
Resp infections - virus/bacteria 
Mumps
Rubella

Question 13

Airborne examples

Answer 13

TB
Varicella
Aerosol generating

Isolation room OR

Question 14

Is N95 masks needed in airborne OR?

Answer 14

N95 needed until proper air exchange has been completed

11min for 95%. (Same as N95 mask)
14min 99%

Question 15

Bloodborne precautions?

Answer 15

Occupational Safety and Health admin
(OSHA)

Regulatory requirement when risk of exposure

Ex. Sharps safety
- Hep B&C, HIV

Question 16

Do’s and Don’ts of bloodborne precautions.

Answer 16

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

Question 17

Hierarchy of controls

Answer 17

TOP 
Elimination  - remove hazard 
Substitution - replace hazard 
Engineering controls - isolation hazard 
Administrative - change how people work 
PPE 
BOTTOM

Question 18

What to do if you are sick or have skin condition?

Answer 18

Do not scrub
Follow P&P for guidelines
Seek high authority for direction

Question 19

What is SARS-Cov-2?

Answer 19

Severe acute resp syndrome

Cussed by corona virus

Strain #2

Question 20

WHO came up from the term COVID 19 what does it mean

Answer 20

Co- Corona
Vi - virus
D - disease
19 year recognized

Question 21

Signs of COVID emergency?

Answer 21

SOB
Chest pressure 
New confusion 
Inability to stay awake 
Poor skin tone - pale, grey, blue lips/nails

Question 22

Covid screening for surgery?

Answer 22

Risk factors
Symptoms
Test results

Green, yellow, red