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Precautions
Standard Precautions
Used on ALL patients 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
Standard Precaution
Hand Washing
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZlDqcmY_EV8&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=grlLT2BhR4w
Standard Precautions
Personal protection equipment (PPE)
Standard Precautions
Gloves
Standard Precautions
Gowns
Standard Precautions
Mask and Eye Protection
Standard Precaution
Needle Stick Safety http://
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtZTa1sbnSQ
Standard Precautions
Resuscitation devices
Standard Precautions
Waste and linen disposal
Standard Precautions
Injuries
Bloodborne Pathogen Standard
Applies to all occupational exposure of blood or other potentially infectious material.
Blood = human blood, blood components, blood products
Blood borne pathogens = disease causing organisms in blood (Hep. B, Hep. C, HIV)
Tuberculosis 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
Extended Precautions
Standard Precautions PLUS Airborne Precautions
Contact Precautions
Droplet Precautions
Extended Precautions
Transmission based precautions› Additional precautions used with patients
infected with pathogens that are spread via: airborne transmission droplet transmission direct contact
› Requires isolation
Extended Precautions
Airborne precautions› Patient pathogens are transmitted by airborne
droplets› Specific PPEs-
fitted mask (N95 Respirator)
Extended Precautions
Contact precautions› Patient pathogens are able to be spread by
direct or indirect contact › Specific PPEs
gloves gowns
Extended 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
Extended Precautions
Protective or reverse precautions