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What are the goals of an infection control team?
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Reduce HAI
Care for those with communicable diseases Minimise staff/visitor infection risk |
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Departmental infection control strategies could include...
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Hand hygiene
Sterilising Aseptic techniques General hygiene Patient isolation Immunisation Surveillance Education AB use and resistance monitoring |
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What is the single most effective method to reduce pathogenic organism transmission in health care?
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HAND HYGIENE
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When should hand hygiene occur?
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Before/after - touching pt
Before/after - procedure/body fluid risk After - touching pt surroundings Occurs even if gloves are worn (pathogens can be identified on glove worn hand in 30% of circumstances) |
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Describe the different situations requiring medicated soap and water hand wash VS alcohol based hand rubs
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Medicated soap and water
1. visibily soiled hands 2. AFTER toilet 3. when organisms likely to be resistant to alcohol based hand rubs ABHR - highest efficacy of disinfecting agents (e.g. higher than chlorhex in G-ve bacteria, mycobacteria and fungi; higher than everything else in fungi) - more rapid to use cf. soap/water, less skin irritation, more cost effective (??) - POOR efficacy against spores, parasites, Cl difficile - use all situations except those above for soap/water |
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Surgical scrub - when is it required? How should hands and arms be prepared before scrub? How long does scrub take?
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Prior to any invasive procedure e.g. CVS, chest drain insertion.
Prepare - short nails, no nail polish/artifical nails, remove jewellery, wash with nonmedicated soap first, clean under nails with nail file (not brush). 2 mins for hands, 1 min for each arm |
