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Standerd precausions and transmission based
precausions
Advanced trauma life support program
AND
INTERNATIONAL TRAUMA LIFE SUPPORT
Infection Control Principles and Practices
Prepared by
Dr Rasheed
Dr Dhyia
2018
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Topics
• Chain of infection
• Standard precautions
• Transmission-based precautions
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Objectives
• Understand the various precautions
used to prevent disease
transmission
• Be able to practice the correct
precautions for a given disease and
task
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Chain of Infection
Agent
↓
Reservoir
↓
Portal of exit
↓
Mode of transmission
↓
Portal of entry
↓
Susceptible host
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Standard Precautions
Method of infection control that uses
1) work practices,
2) engineering controls, and
3) personal protective equipment (PPE)
to reduce or eliminate exposure to
infectious agents.
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Standard precautions
1) Work practices
• hand hygiene
• no eating, drinking in areas with risk of
transmission
• no re-capping of used needles
2) Engineering controls
• safety devices on sharp medical devices
• sharps containers
• hand washing facilities
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3) PPE
• used as last resort when exposure has
not been eliminated by work practices
and engineering controls
• provides protection to skin, clothing,
nose, mouth, eyes
• examples: gowns, gloves, goggles,
masks
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• considers all person potentially
infectious
• applies to all individuals, regardless
of presence/type of symptoms
• used against exposure to blood, all
body fluids, secretions, excretions
(except sweat), mucous membranes,
non-intact skin
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• hand hygiene
• infectious waste management
• sharps safety devices
• PPE
• respiratory hygiene/cough etiquette
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• Hand hygiene
– sinks, soap, paper towels
available in convenient locations
– alcohol gel in convenient
locations for staff
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• Wash hands:
– before and after client contact
– after removing gloves and other PPE
– after contact with contaminated surfaces and
items, specimens, even when gloves are worn
– before eating or drinking
– after using restroom
– after coughing, sneezing, blowing nose
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CDC Hand Hygiene Guidelines
• Wash with soap and warm water, using
friction for at least15 seconds. Dry with a
paper towel. Finally turn off the faucet with
a clean paper towel.
• Use of alcohol hand sanitizer is the
preferred method of hand hygiene in
health care settings.
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Alcohol-based
handrub at point of
care
Access to safe,
continuous water
supply, soap and
towels
2. Training and Education
3. Observation and feedback
4. Reminders in the hospital
5. Hospital safety climate
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• The 5 core
components of the
WHO Multimodal
Hand Hygiene
Improvement
Strategy
1. System change

Sax H, Allegranzi B, Uçkay I, Larson E, Boyce J, Pittet D. J Hosp Infect 2007;67:9-21
“My 5 Moments for Hand Hygiene”

• Infectious waste management
– sharps containers
• puncture resistant
• leak-proof, closable
• labeled with biohazard
symbol or red
• do not overfill
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– biohazard bags
• for disposal of items with blood, body fluids
that are
– pourable
– dripable
– squeezable
– flakable
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– LPHA can haul waste without license if
weight does not exceed 50 pounds per
month
– keep log of waste disposal
• date
• amount and description (e.g. 5 sharps
containers)
• destination
• transported by
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• Sharps safety
devices
– Needlestick Safety
and Prevention Act
• mandates use of
sharps with
engineered safety
devices
• users must evaluate
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• Personal protective
equipment
– gloves
– gowns
– aprons
– goggles, face shields
– surgical/procedure
masks
– respirators
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• Respiratory hygiene/cough etiquette
– cover mouth and nose with tissue when
coughing, sneezing
– immediately toss tissue
– wash hands with soap and water or use
alcohol gel
– have client wear mask if possible
– barriers for front line staff
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• Respiratory
hygiene/cough
etiquette
– supplies
• tissue
• alcohol gel
• waste baskets
– education
• posters
• signs
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• Additional work practices
– restriction of eating, drinking, applying
makeup in areas of contamination
– exclusion of sick staff
– exclusion of ill clients from LPHA when
possible
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Transmission-based
precautions
Measures practiced in addition to
standard precautions that are based
on the confirmed or suspected
presence of a specific communicable
disease, and the mode(s) of
transmission of that disease
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Modes of transmission
• contact
• droplet
• airborne
• common vehicle
• vector-borne
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• Contact transmission
– direct: person to person by physical
contact
– indirect: person to intermediary object
to person
• hands
• contaminated items, equipment, surfaces
– most common mode of transmission
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• Diseases spread by contact
transmission
– staph skin infections
– norovirus
– rotavirus
– hepatitis A
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• Droplet transmission
– large particle droplets (5microns or
greater) come in contact with mucous
membranes (eyes, nose, mouth)
– occurs during coughing, sneezing,
talking, performing suctioning or
bronchoscopy
– droplets travel approx. 3 feet, then fall
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• Diseases spread by droplet transmission
– pertussis
– influenza
– mumps
• Diseases spread by droplet and contact
transmission
– adenovirus
– SARS (also airborne transmission)
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• Airborne transmission
– droplets evaporate into droplet nuclei
(less than 5 microns) that can spread
via air currents for up to 25 feet
– requires special air handling
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• Diseases spread by airborne transmission
– TB
– measles
• Diseases spread by airborne and contact
transmission
– SARS
– monkeypox
– smallpox
– disseminated shingles
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Transmission-based
precautions
Contact precautions
– physical separation of infectious persons
(exclusion from work, school, daycare, social
settings, crowded areas)
– use of private rooms/areas
– cleaning/disinfection of
environment/contaminated equipment and
surfaces/patient care items
– hand hygiene
– use of PPE
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Transmission-based
precautions
Droplet precautions
– physical separation of infectious
persons (exclusion from work, school,
daycare, social settings, crowded areas)
– maintain distance of ≥ 3 feet
– use of private rooms/areas
– use of PPE
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Transmission-based
precautions
Airborne precautions
– no shared air
• negative pressure rooms: 6-12 air
exchanges/hour, exhaust directly to
outside or filtered first, or use of
portable HEPA filtration units
• physical separation of infectious
person
• use of PPE
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Guidance for the Selection
and Use of Personal
Protective Equipment (PPE)
in Healthcare Settings

PPE Use in Healthcare Settings:
Program Goal
Improve personnel safety in the
healthcare environment through
appropriate use of PPE.
PPE Use in Healthcare Settings

Program Objectives
• Provide information on the selection and
use of PPE in healthcare settings
• Practice how to safely don and remove
PPE

Personal Protective Equipment
Definition
“specialized clothing or equipment worn
by an employee for protection against
infectious materials” (OSHA)

Regulations and
Recommendations for PPE
• OSHA issues workplace health and safety
regulations. Regarding PPE, employers must:
– Provide appropriate PPE for employees
– Ensure that PPE is disposed or reusable PPE is
cleaned, laundered, repaired and stored after use
• OSHA also specifies circumstances for which PPE is
indicated
• CDC recommends when, what and how to use PPE

Hierarchy of Safety and Health
Controls
• Training and administrative controls
• Engineering controls
• Work practice controls
• Personal protective equipment

Types of PPE Used in
Healthcare Settings
• Gloves – protect hands
• Gowns/aprons – protect skin and/or clothing
• Masks and respirators– protect mouth/nose
– Respirators – protect respiratory tract from
airborne infectious agents
• Goggles – protect eyes
• Face shields – protect face, mouth, nose, and
eyes

Factors Influencing PPE
Selection
• Type of exposure anticipated
– Splash/spray versus touch
– Category of isolation precautions
• Durability and appropriateness for the
task
• Fit

Gloves
• Purpose – patient care, environmental
services, other
• Glove material – vinyl, latex, nitrile,
other
• Sterile or nonsterile
• One or two pair
• Single use or reusable

Gloves
• Purpose – patient care, environmental
services, other
• Glove material – vinyl, latex, nitrile,
other
• Sterile or non-sterile
• One or two pair
• Single use or reusable

Do’s and Don’ts of Glove Use
• Work from “clean to dirty”
• Limit opportunities for “touch
contamination” - protect yourself,
others, and the environment
– Don’t touch your face or adjust PPE with
contaminated gloves
– Don’t touch environmental surfaces except
as necessary during patient care

Do’s and Don’ts of Glove Use
(cont’d)
• Change gloves
– During use if torn and when heavily soiled
(even during use on the same patient)
– After use on each patient
• Discard in appropriate receptacle
– Never wash or reuse disposable gloves

Gowns or Aprons
• Purpose of use
• Material –
– Natural or man-made
– Reusable or disposable
– Resistance to fluid penetration
• Clean or sterile

Face Protection
• Masks – protect nose and mouth
– Should fully cover nose and mouth and
prevent fluid penetration
• Goggles – protect eyes
– Should fit snuggly over and around eyes
– Personal glasses not a substitute for
goggles
– Antifog feature improves clarity

Face Protection
• Face shields – protect face, nose, mouth,
and eyes
– Should cover forehead, extend below chin
and wrap around side of face

Respiratory Protection
• Purpose – protect from inhalation of
infectious aerosols (e.g.,
Mycobacterium tuberculosis)
• PPE types for respiratory protection
– Particulate respirators
– Half- or full-face elastomeric respirators
– Powered air purifying respirators (PAPR)

Elements of a Respiratory
Protection Program
• Medical evaluation
• Fit testing
• Training
• Fit checking before use

PPE Use in Healthcare
Settings:
How to Safely Don, Use, and
Remove PPE

Key Points About PPE
• Don before contact with the patient, generally
before entering the room
• Use carefully – don’t spread contamination
• Remove and discard carefully, either at the
doorway or immediately outside patient room;
remove respirator outside room
• Immediately perform hand hygiene

Sequence* for Donning PPE
• Gown first
• Mask or respirator
• Goggles or face shield
• Gloves
*Combination of PPE will affect sequence – be practical

How to Don a Gown
• Select appropriate type and size
• Opening is in the back
• Secure at neck and waist
• If gown is too small, use two gowns
– Gown #1 ties in front
– Gown #2 ties in back

How to Don a Mask
• Place over nose, mouth and chin
• Fit flexible nose piece over nose bridge
• Secure on head with ties or elastic
• Adjust to fit

How to Don a Particulate
Respirator
• Select a fit tested respirator
• Place over nose, mouth and chin
• Fit flexible nose piece over nose bridge
• Secure on head with elastic
• Adjust to fit
• Perform a fit check –
– Inhale – respirator should collapse
– Exhale – check for leakage around face

How to Don Eye and Face
Protection
• Position goggles over eyes
and secure to the head using
the ear pieces or headband
• Position face shield over face
and secure on brow with
headband
• Adjust to fit comfortably

How to Don Gloves
• Don gloves last
• Select correct type and size
• Insert hands into gloves
• Extend gloves over isolation gown cuffs

How to Safely Use PPE
• Keep gloved hands away from face
• Avoid touching or adjusting other PPE
• Remove gloves if they become torn;
perform hand hygiene before donning
new gloves
• Limit surfaces and items touched

Settings:
How to Safely Remove PPE

“Contaminated” and “Clean”
Areas of PPE
• Contaminated – outside front
• Areas of PPE that have or are likely to have
been in contact with body sites, materials, or
environmental surfaces where the infectious
organism may reside
• Clean – inside, outside back, ties on head and back
• Areas of PPE that are not likely to have been in
contact with the infectious organism

Sequence for Removing PPE
• Gloves
• Face shield or goggles
• Gown
• Mask or respirator

Where to Remove PPE
• At doorway, before leaving patient room
or in anteroom*
• Remove respirator outside room, after
door has been closed*
* Ensure that hand hygiene facilities are available at
the point needed, e.g., sink or alcohol-based hand
rub

How to Remove Gloves (1)
• Grasp outside edge near
wrist
• Peel away from hand,
turning glove inside-out
• Hold in opposite gloved
hand

How to Remove Gloves (2)
• Slide ungloved finger
under the wrist of the
remaining glove
• Peel off from inside,
creating a bag for
both gloves
• Discard

Remove Goggles or Face
Shield
• Grasp ear or head
pieces with ungloved
hands
• Lift away from face
• Place in designated
receptacle for
reprocessing or
disposal

Removing Isolation Gown
• Unfasten ties
• Peel gown away from
neck and shoulder
• Turn contaminated
outside toward the
inside
• Fold or roll into a
bundle

Removing a Mask
• Untie the bottom,
then top, tie
• Remove from face
• Discard

Removing a Particulate
Respirator
• Lift the bottom
elastic over your
head first
• Then lift off the top
elastic
• Discard

Hand Hygiene
• Perform hand hygiene immediately after removing
PPE.
– If hands become visibly contaminated during PPE
removal, wash hands before continuing to remove
PPE
• Wash hands with soap and water or use an alcohol-
based hand rub
* Ensure that hand hygiene facilities are available at
the point needed, e.g., sink or alcohol-based hand
rub

Settings:
When to Use PPE

Standard and Expanded
Isolation Precautions

Standard Precautions
• Previously called Universal Precautions
• Assumes blood and body fluid of ANY patient
could be infectious
• Recommends PPE and other infection control
practices to prevent transmission in any
healthcare setting
• Decisions about PPE use determined by type
of clinical interaction with patient

PPE for Standard Precautions
(1)
• Gloves – Use when touching blood, body
fluids, secretions, excretions, contaminated
items; for touching mucus membranes and
nonintact skin
• Gowns – Use during procedures and patient
care activities when contact of clothing/
exposed skin with blood/body fluids,
secretions, or excretions is anticipated

PPE for Standard Precautions
(2)
• Mask and goggles or a face shield –
Use during patient care activities likely
to generate splashes or sprays of blood,
body fluids, secretions, or excretions

What Type of PPE Would You
Wear?
• Giving a bed bath?
• Suctioning oral
secretions?
• Transporting a patient
in a wheel chair?
• Responding to an
emergency where
blood is spurting?
• Drawing blood from a
vein?
• Cleaning an
incontinent patient with
diarrhea?
• Irrigating a wound?
• Taking vital signs?

What Type of PPE Would You
Wear?
• Giving a bed bath?
• Generally none
• Suctioning oral secretions?
• Gloves and mask/goggles
or a face shield –
sometimes gown
• Transporting a patient in a wheel
chair?
• Generally none required
• Responding to an emergency where
blood is spurting?
• Gloves, fluid-resistant
gown, mask/goggles or a
face shield
• Drawing blood from a vein?
• Gloves
• Cleaning an incontinent patient with
diarrhea?
• Gloves w/wo gown
• Irrigating a wound?
• Gloves, gown,
mask/goggles or a face
shield
• Taking vital signs?
– Generally none

PPE for Expanded
Precautions
• Expanded Precautions include
– Contact Precautions
– Droplet Precautions
– Airborne Infection Isolation

Use of PPE for Expanded
Precautions
• Contact Precautions – Gown and gloves for contact
with patient or environment of care (e.g., medical
equipment, environmental surfaces)
• In some instances these are required for
entering patient’s environment
• Droplet Precautions – Surgical masks within 3 feet of
patient
• Airborne Infection Isolation – Particulate respirator*
*Negative pressure isolation room also required

Hand Hygiene
• Required for Standard and Expanded
Precautions
• Perform…
– Immediately after removing PPE
– Between patient contacts
• Wash hands thoroughly with soap and
water or use alcohol-based hand rub

Final Thoughts
• PPE is available to protect you from
exposure to infectious agents in the
healthcare workplace
• Know what type of PPE is necessary for
the duties you perform and use it
correctly

References
• Siegel JD, et al. CDC HICPAC, “Guideline for Isolation
Precautions: Preventing Transmission of Infectious
Agents in Healthcare Settings 2017.”
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