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
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Personal protection equipment (PPE)
Gloves
Gowns
Mask and Eye Protection
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Resuscitation devices
Waste and linen disposal
Injuries
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)
OSHA Standard to reduce occupationally transmitted/acquired TB Requires FIT tested and training in the use of specific respiratory PPE PPD skin test annually
Standard Precautions PLUS Airborne Precautions Contact Precautions Droplet Precautions
Transmission based precautions › Additional precautions used with patients infected with pathogens that are spread via: airborne transmission droplet transmission direct contact › Requires isolation
Airborne precautions › Patient pathogens are transmitted by airborne droplets › Specific PPEs- fitted mask (N95 Respirator)
Contact precautions › Patient pathogens are able to be spread by direct or indirect contact › Specific PPEs gloves gowns
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
Protective or reverse precautions