TRANSMISSION-BASED PRECAUTIONS Flashcards
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o (SARS is airborne/contact)
My Chicken Hez TB
o My - Measles
Chicken – Chickenpox + contact
Hez - Herpes Zoster (Disseminated) + contact
TB - TB
-Private room. Door remains closed except upon entering and exiting the room
-Negative pressure with 6-12 air exchanges per hour
-UV germicide irradiation or high efficiency particulate air filter
-Mask, standard precautions (gown,gloves)
-N95 Mask for TB
o -put on eyewear–>mask–>gown–>gloves and take off in opposite order (this applies to all infection control)
o healthcare workers wear mask or personal respiratory protection device
o mask placed on client when client is out of the room. Client leaves room only if necessary
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Airborne precautions
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o SPIDERMAN S - Sepsis S - Scarlet fever S - Streptococcal pharyngitis P - Parvovirus B19 P - Pertussis P - Pneumonia I - Influenza D - Diptheria (Pharyngeal) E - Epiglottitis R - Rubella M - Mumps M - Meningitis M - Mycoplasma or meningeal pneumonia An – Adenovirus + contact -Private room -Mask and standard precautions
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DROPLET PRECAUTION
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o standard precautions MRS.WEE M - Multidrug resistant organism, MRSA R - Respiratory infection - RSV S - Skin infections (impetigo) W - Wound infections E - Enteric & eye infections - clostridium difficile, conjunctivitis E - Eye infections o Skin Infections • private room, gloves, gown • V-CHIPS V - Varicella zoster C - Cutaneous diptheria H - Herpes simplex I - Impetigo P – Pediculosis (lice) S - Scabies, Staphylococcus, Streptococcus
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contact precautions
