GOOD TO KNOW Flashcards
Who: Infected
When: Until the maximum period of communicability (POC)
*Chickenpox: 7 days
*COVID: 14 days
*TB: After 2 weeks of antibiotic
ISOLATION
Who: exposed individual
When: Until maximum incubation period (s/sx)
Quarantine
-minimum set of infection prevention on measure
-done to all patient
Standard/Universal Precautions
Donning of PPE
GO-MA-GOG-GLO
Gown
Mask
Goggles
Gloves
Doffing of PPE
GLO-GOG-GO-MA
Gloves
Goggles
Gown
Mask
(-) pathogenic microogranism
Procedures:
-G.I. (mouth-anus)
-Eye
-Vagina
clean gloves
(-) microogranism
Invasive procedures
Sterile gloves
When universal precaution fails to protect from infection
-room/placement
-PPE
-travel
Transmission-Based Precautions
AIRBORNE PRECAUTION
“My Chicken Has TB”
-Measles
-Chicken Pox (Varicella)
-Herpes (Shingles)
-TB
***Private room (negative pressure)
-6-12 air exchange/ hour
-N95 for TB
DROPLET PRECAUTIONS
S-P-I-D-E-R-M-A-N
-Sepsis/ Scarlet fever/ Streptococcal pharyngitis
-Parovirus B19, Pneumonia, Pertussis
-Influenza
-Diptheria (Pharyngeal)
-Rubella (German Measles)
-Mumps/ meningitis/ mycoplasma/ meningeal pneumonia
-Adenovirus
***Private room & Cohort mask
CONTACT PRECAUTION
“MRS. WEE”
-M.E.R.S.A (Multidrug Resistant)
-Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV)
-Skin Infection (V-C-H-I-P-S)
-Wound infection
-Enteric (Clostridium Difficile)
-Eye infection
SKIN INFECTION
VCHIPS
-Varicella zoster
-Cutaneous Diptheria
-Herpes Zoster
-Impetigo
-Pediculosis
-Scabies
Screening test for TB:
Mantoux Test
-Exposure to bacteria
Result: 48-72 hours
+5mm bleb in mantoux test
-Immunosuppresed
-Chemotherapy
-Family member w/ active TB
-Organ Transplant
+10mm bleb in mantoux test
-Prisoners
-medical workers
-smoker
-Diabetes Mellitus