Removing a ParticulateRespirator
Lift the bottom elastic over your head first
Then lift off the top elastic
Discard
26.
Removing Isolation Gown
Unfastenties
Peel gown away from
neck and shoulder
Turn contaminated
outside toward the
inside
Fold or roll into a
bundle
Discard
#5 What is the goal of handwashing? Prevent infections caused by organisms transferred on hands.
-- To be successful you have to understand all the factors that increase the number of organisms on hands and what can reduce them. Never limit your focus to just how to wash hands.
-- Ten things that will reduce the number of organisms reaching patient A
Reduce the number of organisms on the patient;
Showering patients
Disinfect patient items when contaminating by blood or body fluids and between
patients
2. Have patients wash their hands frequently and before using shared items
Minimize the number of objects patients share
Clean, or decontaminate or sterile objects as needed
Don’t touch items in patient rooms when avoidable.
4. Don’t put uncleanable items in patient rooms.
Wash hands after touching items and patients, wear gloves
5. Clean objects between use and/or use covers
6. Wash hands before touching the patient.
What do these have to do with handwashing? Remember our ultimate goal is not handwashing, our goal is to prevent the spread of disease. To reach our goal handwashing is one of a series of things we do that have a common aim. No single action in infection control will be successful. Try to understand what the practice is trying to accomplish and then use common sense (and research when available) to make practices effect.
#6 This iceberg graphically represents colonization versus infection. Those patients that are infected with an organism represent just the “tip of the iceberg” of patients that are colonized or infected.
Just because a patient is not infected, or showing signs of infection, does not mean that they do not carry organisms that could be transferred to another patient if proper hand hygiene and other infection control precautions are not taken.
#9 In one study, hands of 131 healthcare workers (HCWs) were cultured before, and hands and gloves after, routine care.
A mean of 56% of body sites and 17% of environmental sites were VRE positive.
After touching the patient and environment, 75% of ungloved HCWs hands and 9% of gloved HCWs hands were contaminated with VRE.
After touching only the environment, 21% of ungloved and 0 gloved HCWs hands were contaminated.
The inanimate environment plays a role in facilitating transmission of organisms.
#24 The front of the mask is considered contaminated and should not be touched. Remove by handling only the ties or elastic bands starting with the bottom then top tie or band. Lift the mask or respirator away from the face and discard it into the designated waste receptacle.
#25 The bottom elastic should be lifted over the head first. Then remove the top elastic. This should be done slowly to prevent the respirator from “snapping” off the face.
#26 Unfasten the gown ties with the ungloved hands. Slip hands underneath the gown at the neck and shoulder, peel away from the shoulders. Slip the fingers of one hand under the cuff of the opposite arm. Pull the hand into the sleeve, grasping the gown from inside. Reach across and push the sleeve off the opposite arm. Fold the gown towards the inside and fold or roll into a bundle. (Only the “clean” part of the gown should be visible.) Discard into waste or linen container, as appropriate.