Infection control

Question 1

Handling of linen: colours know them!

Answer 1

• Appropriate PPE is worn
• Used linen must not be rinsed or sorted in patient-care areas
• Linen soiled with body substances should be placed into leak-proof laundry
  bags for safe transport

COlours:
- ‘Normal’ soiled linen: green or white
- Grossly blood-contaminated
linen: Orange
- Linen from SARS, COVID19 cholera, typhoid virus cases: Red (water soluble bag)
* Red water soluble bag MUST be double-bagged in orange bag

Question 2

Transmission Based Precautions for Contact, droplet and airborne. common pathogens

Answer 2

1. Contact: glove, gown, dedicated equipment. Single bed or cohort cubicle
   * MRSA, VRE, Cdiff, CP-CRE,
   MDR A.Baumanii
2. droplet: surgical mask, eye protection. * Single bed
   * Influenza, Mumps, Rubella,
   Invasive Neisseiria Meningitis
3. airborne: n95, door closed. * Single, negative pressure
   room
   *Measles, Chicken Pox, PTB