SAFE PRACTICES CARING INFECTIOUS PATIENTS basic module by Dr.T.V.Rao MD

1. SAFE PRACTICES
CARING INFECTIOUS
PATIENTS
basic module
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2. IMPACT OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES ON
HEALTH CARE WORKERS
•Infectious diseases are caused by pathogenic
microorganisms, as bacteria, viruses, parasites or
fungi; the diseases can be spread, directly or
indirectly, from one person to another. Zoonotic
diseases are infectious diseases of animals that can
cause disease when transmitted to humans. The
world has seen much progress and empowerment
with controlling treating and preventing the
infectious diseases.
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4. Nurses are Venerable to Infections
higher than many ?
•Many times
nurses becomes
the targets to get
infected and may
end up with loss
of once own life
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6. RETHINK ON TRAINING NURSING
PROFESSIONALS
• In spite of many advances in Medical education, and
Technology, one grey area remains with training the
manpower to care control and prevention of Infectious
diseases, If we analyze the real time events the great
responsibility fall on the Nurses who are on round the clock
associated with the patients, and certainly it is challenging
to be a part of critical care, and intensive care, as it happens
with changing trends we need more nurses to train in
community nursing proving that we have to revamp on
matters related to handle the Infectious diseases,
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7. Nurses are front line workers
• An important part the health
care system, nurses are front-
line workers whose care can be
absolutely essential for the
well-being of patients. Policies
and procedures have been
developed to help protect
nurses from infectious diseases
as well as to ensure the quality
care of patients who suffer from
such illnesses.
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8. ARE WE TRAINNG THE NURSES?
• Yet in many nursing schools and
even upgraded colleges, there is
no dedicated attention on this
matter in relation handling the
infectious patients and are not
taught as special courses
forgetting Infectious diseases are
the second leading cause of
death and the leading cause of
disability-adjusted life years
worldwide
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9. NURSING CURRICULUM TO BE PRACTIAL
TRAINING TO SAVE ONE SELF AND PATIENTS
• It is important that nursing
students to be competent in
infection prevention precautions;
however, there may be deficits in
their education in this area. The
nursing curriculum should include
additional emphasis on practice as
a means to help translate theory
into clinical behavior and creating
bed side caring skills in particular
infection preventing Practitioners
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10. STRUCTURING EDUCATION ON
INFECTION CARE
• The Program to be
structured to equip nursing
students with a
comprehensive knowledge
base in global health and
infectious diseases while
ensuring the outputs of
contemporary scientific
research are appropriately
deployed
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11. TRAINING THE NURSES ON MATTERS
OF INFECTION A PRIORITY
• The 21st century will see an
ever-increasing emphasis on
infectious diseases, both
because of the certainty that
emerging and reemerging
diseases will continue to
challenge us and because
globalization has led to an
increased awareness of and
commitment to addressing the
terrible burden of infectious
diseases in developing nations.
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12. Training the Nurses on following topics
a Priority
•Training will be offered
in surveillance,
prevention and control
of emerging and
neglected infectious
diseases and their
impact on public health
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13. Important Matters to Train the Nurses
on Infectious Diseases
• Important to train in courses
in infectious disease biology,
parthenogenesis, diagnosis,
epidemiology, control and
policy in developing and
developed nations will
strengthen expertise in areas
of international health
related to food safety,
security and risk (e.g.
zoonotic infection).
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14. INFECTION CONTROL NURSES
ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES
• NEED FOR INFECTION
CONTROL NURSES the
primary duty of infection
control nurses is to prevent
the spread of infectious
agents. In order to do this,
these nurses will often need
to educate other medical
professionals and civilians on
infection prevention
techniques.
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16. ABOVE MANY MATTERS – HAND
WASHING THE GREATEST PRIORITY
• Handwashing can help
prevent illness. It involves five
simple and effective steps
(Wet, Lather, Scrub, Rinse,
Dry) you can take to reduce
the spread of diarrheal and
respiratory illness so you can
stay healthy. It’s quick, it’s
simple, and it can keep us all
from getting sick.
Handwashing is a win for
everyone, except the germs.
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17. Hand Washing continues to be Simple
practice certainly reduce Infections
•Regular handwashing,
particularly before and
after certain activities,
is one of the best ways
to remove germs, avoid
getting sick, and
prevent the spread of
germs to others.
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18. Great Your Hand washing Prctices
are Saving many Lives in the
Hospital
•It’s quick, it’s
simple, and it can
keep us all from
getting sick.
Handwashing is a
win for everyone,
except the germs.
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19. The Training of Nurses to be formulated to save the
Lives of patients and the self protection too
Important
• This may include
informing others
about how certain
infectious agent
spread, along with
how to protect
themselves and others
from contamination.
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20. Nurses Can Be an At-Risk
Population
• As part of the front-line
of health care
practitioners, nurses can
be at risk both for
spreading or catching
infectious disease, which
is one reason taking
precautions against
infection is so important.
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21. Nurses are on Front Line in Health care
Can get Infected
• The primary ways in which
infectious diseases are
transmitted are through
contact (direct or indirect),
droplets, or airborne
transmission. Just to look at
one of those examples,
some infections, such an
influenza, can be
transmitted via droplet
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23. Cross Infection is a great threat to
Nurses and Health care Workers
• This can occur when someone
with an infection coughs or
sneezes or in the midst of
some medical procedures
such as intubation or
suctioning. It is immediately
apparent that nurses and
other health care
professionals would be
among those at a high risk for
catching infections in this
way, unless
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24. Caring the Patients With Personal
Protection Equipment
• Nurses should take care to
understand and follow these
policies. Some things for
hospitals and health care
professionals to consider when
dealing with infection control
are the proper use of personal
protective equipment (PPE),
proper cleaning and disinfecting
procedures, and learning how
to identify and properly isolate
infectious disease cases.
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25. BEST PRACTICES IN INFECTION
PREVENTION -
• In the event of a possible
widespread contamination, an
infection control nurse will
often need to take steps to
contain the infection. To do
this, they may need to isolate
infected individuals so they do
not come in contact with
healthy individuals. In some
cases,
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26. Protecting Self with Equipment
• The wearing of protective
equipment can be especially
important when treating
certain types of illnesses. The
equipment may include
gowns, masks, gloves, goggles
or even respirators.
Sometimes wearing certain
types of protective
equipment will be required.
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27. Soap Water and Common Sense
( William Osler )
Continues to be best practice
•When it’s not, nurses
must sometimes use
their common sense
to determine if they
feel it would be
helpful in a given
health care situation
to wear PPE.
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28. Continuing Education
Opportunities
• If a nurse is not sure about
the proper protective gear, it
would be a wise idea to
consult a superior and the
hospital’s policy manual. A
manual will likely also help
detail in what order
protective equipment should
be put on and the proper way
to take it off and discard it.
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29. Saving the Lives of immunosuppressed patients
DONOT FORGET TO WASH HANDS
•Designed to protect
immunosuppressed
patients Wash hands
before entering
room Standard
precautions for
allour patients
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30. Infection Control NURSES are Resource
Persons
to save Lives of our Patients
• Infection control nurses
may also be responsible for
informing government
agencies, such as the
Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention (CDC), of
outbreaks and collaborate
with these agencies to
bring outbreaks under
control
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31. Droplet Precautions –
•Wear a surgical
mask before
entering the room.
Remove mask and
wash orfoam
hands before
leaving
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32. Disinfection of Toys in the
Hospital
•Borrowed
toys/resources
must have hard
surfaces that
can be sanitized
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33. Airborne Precautions
DO NOT ENTER WITHIUT SELF
PROTECTION
Trained staff enter with an
• N-95 respirator mask
Patients with known
ortransmitted by small droplet
nuclei such as tuberculosis,
chickenpox, shingles and
communicable viral infections
Patients are prevented from
moving out of isolation rooms
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34. Infection Control is
Everyone's Business
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35. WE ALL CAN MAKE GREAT
SUCCESS
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36. •Program Created by Dr T.V.Rao MD Benefit of
Medical Nursing and Health care Personal in
the Developing World
•Email
•doctortvrao@gmail.com
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