Transmission-based Precautions

Question 1

Standard precautions

Answer 1

Hand hygiene
Before and after direct pt contact
After contact w/:
Blood, blood products, bodily fluids, non-intact skin, mucous membranes
Immediately after removing gloves
When hands are visibly soiled or contaminated
Additional PPE if splashing is likely

Question 2

Examples of airborne precaution dz

Answer 2

Measles
Tuberculosis
Varicella
Smallpox
COVID-19
(MTV)

Question 3

Airborne PPE

Answer 3

Private negative pressure room
N95 mask
Surgical mask for pt during transport outside room

Question 4

Examples of droplet precaution dz

Answer 4

(PIMP)
Pertussis
Influenza
Mumps
Pneumonic plague
Hemophilus influenzae type B
Neisseria meningitis

Question 5

Droplet PPE

Answer 5

Private room
Surgical mask
Surgical mask for pt during transport outside room

Question 6

Contact precautions dz

Answer 6

MRSA, VRE, drug-resistant gram-negative organisms
Enteric infx (Norovirus, C. diff, Escherichia coli)
Viral infx (HSV, VZV, RSV, coronaviruses)
Scabies
Impetigo

Question 7

Contact PPE

Answer 7

Private room
Gown
Gloves
Dedicated equipment for pt

Question 8

TORCH infx in relationship to pregnant women

Answer 8

Toxoplasmosis
Other (parvovirus, varicella)
Rubella
Cytomegalovirus
Herpes simplex virus