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Infection Control Flashcards

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1
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Wearing PPE

A

Gown → Mask → Goggles/Face shield → Gloves

*Goes up the body, then to hands

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Removing PPE

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Gloves → Goggles/Face shield → Gown → Mask

*Removal is in alphabetical order

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Standard Precautions

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Handwashing with soap and water

  • gloves, gown, mask, goggles PRN use
  • Used for the care of ALL CLIENTS
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Airborne Precautions

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Standard; Requires MASK

  • N-95 mask for TB w/ negative airflow room
  • gloves, gown, goggles PRN use
  • client wears surgical mask when outside
  • private room or roomies w/ client with the same organism

“MTV” on Air
• Rubeola (Measles)
• Tuberculosis (TB) w/ pulmonary involvement
• Varicella-Zoster (Chickenpox) [and contact]

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Droplet Precautions

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Standard: Requires MASK

  • gloves, gown, goggles PRN use
  • client wears mask when outside
  • private room or roomies w/ client with the same organism
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Contact Precautions

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Standard; Requires GLOVES and GOWN

  • private room or roomies w/ client with the same organism
  • use SOAP and WATER when caring for clients w/ C. difficile
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HIV/AIDS

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STANDARD

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Candidiasis Thrush

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STANDARD

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Infectious Mononucleosis (Mono)

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STANDARD

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Tetanus

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STANDARD

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E. coli Gastroenteritis (contact for diapered incontinent persons)

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STANDARD AND CONTACT

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12
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Herpes Zoster (Shingles) Localized

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STANDARD

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Lyme Disease

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STANDARD

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Hep B and C

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STANDARD

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Rubeola (Measles)

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AIRBORNE

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Tuberculosis (TB) w/ pulmonary involvement

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AIRBORNE

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Varicella-Zoster (Chickenpox)

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AIRBORNE AND CONTACT

18
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Herpes Zoster (Shingles) Disseminated disease

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AIRBORNE AND CONTACT

19
Q

Smallpox

A

AIRBORNE AND CONTACT

20
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Rubella (German Measles)

A

DROPLET

21
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Meningococcal Meningitis

A

DROPLET [for 24 hr]

22
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Seasonal Influenza

A

DROPLET

23
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Infectious Parotitis (Mumps)

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DROPLET [for 9 days]

24
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Pertussis (Whooping cough)

A

DROPLET

25
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Common Cold

A

DROPLET

26
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Pneumonia

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DROPLET (infant/young children only)

27
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Scarlet Fever

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DROPLET (infant/young children only)

28
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RSV

A

DROPLET

29
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Multidrug-resistant organisms (MDROs) (e.g., MRSA, VRE, VISA/VRSA, ESBLs, resistant s. pneumoniae)

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CONTACT

30
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Staph. aureus infection/colonization

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CONTACT

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Clostridium Difficile Enterocolitis (C. Diff)

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CONTACT

32
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Impetigo

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CONTACT [for 24 hr]

33
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Rotavirus, Norovirus

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CONTACT

34
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Herpes Zoster (Shingles) Disseminated disease

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CONTACT

35
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Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV)

A

CONTACT

36
Q

Lice (head)

A

CONTACT [isolation up to 24 hr]

37
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Hepatitis A

A

CONTACT

38
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Herpes Simplex (Disseminated/Neonatal)

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CONTACT

39
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Viral Meningitis

A

CONTACT (infant/young children only)

40
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Syphilis

A

CONTACT

41
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Zika Virus

A

STANDARD, CONTACT

42
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Salmonellosis and Shigellosis

A

CONTACT

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