Ch. 16 (Preventing Infection/Infection Control)

• standard precautions

  with gown, glove, mask; for safety
• sterile


  prevent infections of pt
• methods to transport microbes

  blood, body secretions, secretions, excretions, animals, insects, dressings, direct contact, personal care items, eating/drinking utensils, water, food, air, coughing
• Standard Precautions

  prevent spread of AIDS
• Strict Isolation

  spread by direct contact
• Contact Isolation


  prevents spread of infection by close or direct contact
• Respiratory


  spread of pathogens through air
• AFB (acid fast bacilli)


  prevents spreading acid fast bacilli; contagious
• Enteric


  prevents spread of pathogens through BM
• Drainage Secretion


  prevents wounds or wound drainage pathogens from spreading
• asepsis


  get rid of germs
• universal precautions

  involve treating all persons as if infected
• prevent microorganisms


  remove food tray as as pt finishes eating
• decrease transmitting diseases is called universal precautions
• Hepatitis A is an enteric infection
• enrollment in NA course = only time to submit fingerprints
• 2 year for state exam after classes and max 3 retakes
• don't recap needles when necessary (especially CNAs)
• strep throat


  bacteria
• health worker breaks any chain of infection at any link
• order of removing PPE:

  gloves, gown, mask, wash hands
• logroll


  all at once for pt with back surgery
• most effective way to kill all organisms

  chemical disinfectants on bedpan
• who can develop nosocomial or HAI

  any pt or resident
• Hepatitis B vaccine


  3 infections
• routine/daily nursing task


  ADL sheet