HAI

• What does HAI stands for?

  Healthcare-Associated Infection
• Healthcare-Associated Infection (HAI) is also known as what?

  Nosocomial or Hospital Infection
• Healthcare-Associated Infection (HAI): Occurs in a patient during the process of care in a hospital or other healthcare facility.
• TRUE or FALSE. HAI is present at the time of hospital admission.

  FALSE
• HAI includes infections acquired in the hospital but appearing after discharge.
• What is the mnemonics for remembering the 6 IMPACTS OF HAI?

  may LUMP siya For Real
• What are the 6 Impacts of HAI?

  1. Long-term disability
  2. Unnecessary deaths
  3. More Serious Illness
  4. Prolonged hospital stay
  5. Financial implications on patients
  6. Reputation of the hospital
• What tops the top 10 carriers of infectious agents?

  Fingers
• What is the most common vehicle to transmit HAIs?

  Hand Transmission
• What is one of the most important means of preventing the spread of HAIs?

  Hand Hygiene
• Hand hygiene includes what?

  handwashing or hand rubbing
• Handwashing depends on the degree of what?

  Contamination
• 5 Moments of Hand Hygiene

  1. Before touching a patient
  2. Before clean/aseptic procedure
  3. After body fluid exposure risk
  4. After touching a patient
  5. After touching patient surrounding
• What are the 2 methods of Hand Hygiene?

  Routine handwashing and Hand Antisepsis
• Routine handwashing: uses plain soap and water
• Routine handwashing: when hands are VISIBLY dirty
• Routine handwashing is done after know exposure to what 3 spores?

  C. difficile, B. antacids, and infectious diarrhea
• What is the most dormant form of bacteria?

  Spores
• Routine handwashing: before eating
• Routine handwashing: after restroom
• Hand antisepsis: Anti-microbial soap or alcohol-based sanitizer
• In hand antisepsis, apply the sanitizer on the hands, and rub hands together for about 20 seconds or until the hands feel DRY.