infection transmission 2 Flashcards
Standard precautions
The environment and patient
Prior room occupancy
Colonisation pressure
Enhance cleaning
Droplet va airborne
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Transmission precautions
Are to be applied in addition to standard precautions. These 3 types of transmission based precautions which are tailored to the different forms
3 types of transmission precautions
Contact
Droplet
Airborne
Contact precautions
Designed to reduce the risk pf transmission pf microorganisms by direct and indirect contact
Hand hygiene ppe (gowns and gloves)
Respiratory etiquette, safe handling if potentially contaminated equipment, safe injection practices
Contact precautions should be consudered for patients
Colonised or infected with multi-resistant organism (MRO) whrre therr is significant patient and or environmental contact
Droplet precautions
when carong for any patient to be or suspected of being infected with a microorganism that can be transmitted by the respiratory droplet transmission route
Hand hygiene mask cough etiquette isolation googles
How contagious is a single sneeze
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Airborne precautions
When caring for patients who are known or suspected to be infected with microprecutions
N95 mask, airborne infection room face mask to the patient isolation, cough etiquette
Cough nd sneeze etiquette
Protect others from gettkng sick
When coughing and sneezing with cover mouth with flexed elbow or tissue
Thorw tissue into closed bin immediately after used
Clean hands with alcohol-based rub or soap and water after coughing or sneezing when caring fir the sick
Airborne
Measles
Airborne droplet
Small pox Rubella Mumps Pertussis Influenza Sars
Saliva
Diphtheria
Bodily fluids
Ebola
Hiv
Sexual contact
