NUR 209 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Hand Sanitizer, Tracheotomy, Norovirus
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These are precautions we take with every patient at all times because we don"t know if they have an infectious disease. By implementing these practices, we help prevent transmission of infectious diseases from one to another (ex: patient to nurse, nurse to patient, or patient to patient). When we suspect or know a patient has an infection disease we add on transmission-based precautions, such as contact, droplet, and. Standard precautions include: hand hygiene, wearing appropriate ppe as needed, how to handle patient equipment. Injection safety practices: environmental cleaning, respiratory hygiene/coughing etiquette, handling of laundry, patient room placement. Hand hygiene: performed before and after patient contact, after wearing gloves, touching surfaces in a patient"s room. Perform hand hygiene by using soap and water or hand sanitizer. Always use soap and water rather than hand sanitizer for the following: hands are visibly soiled, before eating or touching food, after using the bathroom, diarrhea illnesses: c. diff, norovirus, rotavirus.
