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Universal Precautions PPT Final
Universal Precautions PPT Final
Note that throughout the presentation there are Read More notations in
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information.
You may come upon medical terms that are unfamiliar to you. Please
consult an online or hard copy medical dictionary for clarification.
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This & the following couple of slides have a review of terms to set
the stage for laying out what it actually means to practice universal
precautions. If you would like to delve into the OSHA Standard
1910.1030 for a complete glossary and enumerated subparagraphs
from here to eternity, you will find them at
http://www.osha.gov/pls/oshaweb/owadisp.show_document?p_tabl
e=STANDARDS&p_id=10051
. Put your feet up; its a long read.
Agencies
CDC
OSHA
Occupational Safety & Health Administration government agency that implements & enforces
regulations concerning safety in the workplace.
Body
Substance
Isolation
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Standard
Precautions
Infectious Materials
Bloodbor Bloodborne pathogens are pathogenic microorganisms
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that are present in human blood and can cause disease in
pathoge humans. (http://www.osha.gov/SLTC/etools/hospital/hazards/univprec/univ.html,
retrieved 12/1/09)
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OPIM
Vaccinations (http://www.immunize.org/catg.d/p2017.pdf)
Influenza
Hepatitis B
Measles, mumps, rubella (MMR)
Varicella (chickenpox)
Tetanus, diphtheria, pertussis (Tdap or variants as indicated)
The second year medical student conducted a preliminary evaluation of her patient
who was in for a routine annual physical. She (the medical student) was clearly
well-versed in the examination process and took delight in carefully explaining
each of the tests she performed. She chatted amicably throughout, thereby
developing a fine patient rapport.
At length the attending physician entered the room (rolling a dab of hand sanitizer
around his fingers) introduced himself to the patient and took his turn at
reviewing the records and confirming the results of the students evaluation. Now
there is perhaps no way to conduct the final step of the examination to
everyones complete satisfaction, but the physician introduced the digital rectal
exam as kindly as any human could, explaining that this was still an important
method of detecting prostate irregularities. (If you cannot now guess the gender
of the patient, perhaps you should review anatomy.)
As he and the medical student prepared for this last step, the medical student
brightly chirped:
I guess I should have washed my hands prior to entering the room.
This is a regrettable show stopper. The patient, himself a healthcare provider and the
author of this module, did not retrieve his eyebrows from the oh my! position
for quite some time.
Hand washing with antimicrobial soap (soap with antiseptic agent) &
water
Not all of these are interchangeable, meaning that there are some
situations in which one method is preferred over the other. An individual
must also consider any history of allergic reaction to various products &
the potential for contact dermatitis resulting from chronic use of a
product.
Table excerpted from the CDCs Guidelines for Hand Hygiene in Health-Care Settings , p. 45 retrieved 12/1/09 at
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/PDF/rr/rr5116.pdf.
Wet your hands with clean running water and apply soap.
Use warm water if it is available.
Rub hands together to make a lather and scrub all surfaces.
Continue rubbing hands for 15-20 seconds. Need a timer?
Imagine singing "Happy Birthday" twice through to a friend.
Rinse hands well under running water.
Dry your hands using a paper towel or air dryer. If possible,
use your paper towel to turn off the faucet.
Always use soap and water if your hands are visibly dirty.
Also from the CDC is this regarding the use of hand sanitizers:
When using an alcohol-based hand sanitizer:
Apply product to the palm of one hand.
Rub hands together.
Rub the product over all surfaces of hands and fingers until
hands are dry.
Alcohol-based hand sanitizers are NOT effective when hands
are visibly dirty or contaminated with blood or fecal matter
as examples. (In these instances, washing with an
antimicrobial soap & water might be indicated.)
Gloves
Masks
Gowns & other apparel
Eye, face, mouth, & inhalation protection
*Naturally the CDC has recommendations on when to use PPE. The Yale-New
Haven Hospital
(http://www.med.yale.edu/ynhh/infection/precautions/intro.html) offers
more on the use of PPE along with instruction on how to don (put on) the
equipment & remove the equipment. This is presented in the following slides.
**A presentation of Transmission-Based Precautions follows the PPE information.
Gloves are worn to prevent the health care worker's hands from
becoming contaminated with blood or body substances. Gloves
should be worn for:
Procedures involving direct contact with the blood and body substances of any patient.
Procedures where contact with blood and body substances might be expected to occur.
Procedures involving direct or potential contact with the mucous membranes of any
patient.
Procedures involving direct or potential contact with the non-intact skin of any patient.
Non-intact skin is skin that is cut, chapped, abraded, cracked, afflicted with weeping or
exudative lesions, or is otherwise broken. Touching or handling any instruments,
equipment, or surfaces that have been, or may have been, in contact with blood or
body substances.
Contact precautions
Droplet precautions
Airborne precautions
Apply when infectious agents may be suspended in the air over long distances
Preferred placement for patient in airborne infection isolation room
Caregiver wears mask or respirator as indicated by disease-specific recommendations
CDC: 2007 Guidelines for Isolation Precautions, p. 121, retrieved 12/1/09 from
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dhqp/pdf/guidelines/Isolation2007.pdf.
The CDCs 2007 Guidelines for Isolation Precautions contains a 23 page Appendix listing
precautions for selected infections & conditions. A sample of this (retrieved 12/1/09 from
page 94 of that document at
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dhqp/pdf/guidelines/Isolation2007.pdf) is displayed below.