Comprehensive Infection Control Measures & Precautions

1. Methods used to control the spread of infection Precautions 2.02 Understand infection control procedures

2. Methods used to control the spread of infectionStandard Precautions • Includes: • Hand washing • Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) • Gloves • Gowns • Masks and eye protection • Needle stick safety • Sharps • Spills and splashes • Resuscitation devices • Waste and linen disposal • Injuries • Used on ALL patients 2.02 Understand infection control procedures

3. Methods used to control the spread of infectionStandard Precautions • Hand washing 2.02 Understand infection control procedures

4. Methods used to control the spread of infectionStandard Precautions • Personal protection equipment (PPE) 2.02 Understand infection control procedures

5. Methods used to control the spread of infectionStandard Precautions • Gloves 2.02 Understand infection control procedures

6. Methods used to control the spread of infectionStandard Precautions • Gowns 2.02 Understand infection control procedures

7. Methods used to control the spread of infectionStandard Precautions • Masks and eye protection 2.02 Understand infection control procedures

8. Methods used to control the spread of infectionStandard Precautions • Needlestick safety 2.02 Understand infection control procedures

9. Methods used to control the spread of infectionStandard Precautions • Sharps 2.02 Understand infection control procedures

10. Methods used to control the spread of infectionStandard Precautions • Spills and splashes 2.02 Understand infection control procedures

11. Methods used to control the spread of infectionStandard Precautions • Resuscitation devices 2.02 Understand infection control procedures

12. Methods used to control the spread of infectionStandard Precautions • Waste and linen disposal 2.02 Understand infection control procedures

13. Methods used to control the spread of infectionStandard Precautions • Injuries 2.02 Understand infection control procedures

14. Methods used to control the spread of infectionStandard Precautions • Includes: • Hand washing • Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) • Gloves • Gowns • Masks and eye protection • Needle stick safety • Sharps • Spills and splashes • Resuscitation devices • Waste and linen disposal • Injuries • Used on ALL patients 2.02 Understand infection control procedures

15. Methods used to control the spread of infectionBloodborne Pathogen Standard • Applies to all occupational exposure of blood or other potentially infectious material. • Blood = human blood, blood components, blood products • Bloodborne pathogens = disease causing organisms in blood (Hep. B, Hep. C, HIV) 2.02 Understand infection control procedures

16. Methods used to control the spread of infectionBloodborne Pathogen Standard In an emergency when you cannot identify body fluids or tell whether they contain blood, treat all body fluids as potentially infectious. 2.02 Understand infection control procedures

17. Methods used to control the spread of infectionTuberculosis Standard • OSHA Standard to reduce occupationally transmitted/acquired TB • Requires FIT tested and training in the use of specific respiratory PPE • PPD skin test annually 2.02 Understand infection control procedures

18. Methods used to control the spread of infectionExtended Infection Control Precautions Standard PrecautionsPLUS • Airborne Precautions • Contact Precautions • Droplet Precautions 2.02 Understand infection control procedures

19. Methods used to control the spread of infectionExtended Infection Control Precautions • Transmission based precautions • Additional precautions used with patients infected with pathogens that are spread via: • airborne transmission • droplet transmission • direct contact • Requires isolation 2.02 Understand infection control procedures

20. Methods used to control the spread of infectionExtended Infection Control Precautions • Airborne precautions • Patient pathogens are transmitted by airborne droplets • Specific PPEs- • fitted mask 2.02 Understand infection control procedures

21. Methods used to control the spread of infectionExtended Infection Control Precautions • Contact precautions • Patient pathogens are able to be spread by direct or indirect contact • Specific PPEs • gloves • gowns 2.02 Understand infection control procedures

22. Methods used to control the spread of infectionExtended Infection Control Precautions • Droplet precautions • Used when large-particle droplets are expelled during coughing, sneezing, talking or laughing • Specific PPEs- • mask if working within 3 feet of patient 2.02 Understand infection control procedures

23. Methods used to control the spread of infectionExtended Infection Control Precautions • Protective or reverse precautions 2.02 Understand infection control procedures

24. Methods used to control the spread of infectionExtended Infection Control Precautions Standard PrecautionsPLUS • Airborne Precautions • Contact Precautions • Droplet Precautions 2.02 Understand infection control procedures

25. 2.02 Understand infection control procedures The End 2.02 Understand infection control procedures