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COMMUNIYTY MEDICAL CENTERS INFECTION CONTROL June 2010

COMMUNIYTY MEDICAL CENTERS INFECTION CONTROL June 2010. What You Need to Know. HAND HYGIENE. Bacteria and viruses are most commonly transmitted on the hands of health care workers. HAND HYGIENE. The single most important way to prevent the spread of these organisms is good hand hygiene.

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COMMUNIYTY MEDICAL CENTERS INFECTION CONTROL June 2010

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  1. COMMUNIYTY MEDICAL CENTERSINFECTION CONTROLJune 2010 What You Need to Know

  2. HAND HYGIENE • Bacteria and viruses are most commonly transmitted on the hands of health care workers

  3. HAND HYGIENE • The single most important way to prevent the spread of these organisms is good hand hygiene

  4. HAND HYGIENE INCLUDES • Good hand washing • Using alcohol hand gels • Hand care (lotions, cover cuts) • Taking care of dermatitis • Reporting of skins lesions or rashes to your Manager and Employee Health

  5. WHEN IS HAND HYGIENE NECESSARY • When hands are visibly dirty or contaminated • Before and after patient care • Before eating • After using the restroom • Before donning sterile gloves • After removing gloves • If moving from a contaminated body site to a clean body site during patient care • After contact with inanimate objects (including medical equipment)

  6. WHEN NOT TO USE ALCOHOL HAND GELS • When hands are visibly soiled • Before eating • After using the restroom • When caring for patients with C. Difficile

  7. What is the bug?In the Lab…..

  8. What is the bug? In a person…….

  9. RESISTANT ORGANISMSGram positive cocci • Coagulase positive staph/Staph aureus resistant to Oxacillin/Methicillin (MRSA) • Coagulase negative or positive staph resistant to vancomycin • Strep GrD enterococcus resistant to vancomycin (VRE) • Strep pneumoniae highly resistant to penicillin (MIC>2)

  10. RESISTANT ORGANISMSGram Negative Rods • Resistant/Intermediate to: • All aminoglycosides (amikacin, gentamicin, and tobramycin. • All cephalosporins (cefazolin, cefepime, ceftazidime, etc. • All penicillins (ampicillin, pipercillin, pip/tazo, ampicillin/sulbactam, etc.) • Imipenem or meropenem • All isolates of Stenotrophomonas • ESBL producing bacteria

  11. Example #1

  12. Example #2

  13. Example #3

  14. Example #4

  15. SURVIVAL OF MRSA/VRE IN THE ENVIRONMENT • MRSA in dry conditions – • Plastic charts – 11 days • Laminated tabletop – 12 days • Cloth curtains – 9 days • VRE • 50% survival at 7 days on upholstery, furniture and wall coverings • Could be transferred easily by touching contaminated surfaces Huang et al., Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2006; 27:1267-69 Lankford et al., Am J Infect Control 2006; 34: 258-63

  16. CONTACT PRECAUTIONS • A patient with a resistant organism is placed on Contact Precautions by nursing staff • When lab calls • When Infection Control calls • By physician order • Per isolation guidelines • Patient can be placed on Contact Precautions without a physician order

  17. CONTACT PRECAUTIONS • Consists of: • Private room • Stop sign and Contact Precautions sign outside the door • Gloves to enter the room • Gown for contact with patient or environment • Dedicated equipment

  18. Stop and Contact Precautions Sign

  19. CONTACT PRECAUTIONS • Infection Control places a Precautions Worksheet and a yellow Contact Precautions sticker on the chart • Patient is maintained on precautions until clearance criteria are met • Notify Infection Control before discontinuing Contact Precautions

  20. Precautions Worksheet

  21. Clearing Criteria

  22. Other Diseases Requiring Contact Precautions

  23. Other Diseases Requiring Contact Precautions

  24. Other Diseases Requiring Contact Precautions

  25. Other Diseases Requiring Contact Precautions

  26. Cohorting Guidelines

  27. What is the bug? In the lab……….

  28. What is the bug? In the patient……

  29. RESPIRATORY “AIRBORNE” PRECAUTIONS • Required for diseases that are spread by: • Small particles of evaporated droplets that remain suspended in the air for long periods of time • Dust particles contaminated with an infectious agent

  30. Respiratory “Airborne” Precautions • Private room with Negative Air Flow • Place blue Respiratory “Airborne” Precautions and Stop Sign on the door • Wear N-95 mask • Put on mask prior to entering the room. • Take off mask after exiting the room. • Must be fit-tested to wear N-95 Mask. • Keep the room door closed

  31. Respiratory “Airborne” Precautions Sign

  32. RESPIRATORY “Airborne” PRECAUTIONS • Diseases that require Airborne precautions: • Tuberculosis • Chickenpox • Disseminated Shingles • SARS/Avian Flu

  33. RESPIRATORY “Airborne” PRECAUTIONS • For patients placed on Airborne Precautions, Infection Control will – • Place a Precautions Worksheet and a blue Respiratory “airborne” Precautions sticker on the chart • Respiratory “airborne” Precautions can be initiated without a physician order

  34. TUBERCULOSIS • Prevalence in Fresno County = 100 new cases/year • Screening of patients for TB: • Risk Factors • Immunocompromised • History of TB • Recent exposure • Recent immigration from or travel to an area with a high rate of TB • Homelessness • Spent time in a correctional facility • Signs/Symptoms • Cough>3weeks • Fever • Weight loss • Bloody sputum • Night sweats • Suspicious chest • X-ray

  35. TUBERCULOSIS REVIEW OF PATIENT INFORMATION REVEALS POSITIVE* SYMPTOMS AND HIGH RISK FACTORS POSITIVE SYMPTOMS* BUT LOW RISK FACTORS NEGATIVE SYMPTOMS BUT HIGH RISK FACTORS** NEGATIVE SYMPTOMS AND/OR LOW RISK FACTORS INITIATE RESPIRATORY PRECAUTIONS~AND RULE OUT ACTIVE TB CHESTX-RAY EVALUATE CLINICALLY EVALUATE ONLY IF CHANGE CLEAR/NEGATIVE FOR TB: NO NEED FOR RESPIRATORY PRECAUTIONS UNLESS ADDITIONAL CONCERNS ARISE POSITIVE/SUSPICIOUS FOT TB: INITIATE RESPIRATORY PRECAUTIONS – AND RULE OUT ACTIVE TB*** NO NEED FOR RESPIRATORY PRECAUTIONS UNLESS ADDITIONAL CONCERNS ARISE

  36. TUBERCULOSIS • For patients with a suspicion of TB – • Infection Control will review the medical record • A Tuberculosis Suspect Case Report will be completed by Infection Control and faxed to the Public Health Department (PHD)

  37. TUBERCULOSIS • With submission of “Suspect” report form to the PHD, patient will be placed on a Public Health Department “HOLD” • Patient MAY NOT be discharged without written consent of the County TB Controller or designee

  38. TUBERCULOSIS • Infection Control will notify the appropriate Case Manager/Discharge Planner when a patient is put on precautions and placed on a PHD “Hold” • Discharge of the patient is arranged through the Discharge Planner in collaboration with the PHD

  39. TUBERCULOSIS • If patient wants to leave Against Medical Advice (AMA) – • Try to persuade them to stay • If they insist on leaving, try to get an address, if possible • Notify Infection Control and the PHD or on nights and weekends, call the Sheriff

  40. What is the bug?In the lab….

  41. What is the bug?In the person…..

  42. RESPIRATORY “Droplet” PRECAUTIONS • Required for diseases that are spread: • Through the air by large particle droplets • Droplets usually travel short distances, ie less than 3 feet.

  43. Respiratory “Droplet” Precautions • Private room, NO negative air flow. • Put on regular surgical mask before entering the room. • Remove mask before leaving the room.

  44. Respiratory “Droplet” Precautions • Diseases that require Respiratory “Droplet” Precautions • Meningitis • Pertussis (whooping cough) • Influenza

  45. Respiratory “Droplet” Precautions - Sign

  46. CMC ISOLATION GUIDE FOR ADULT PATIENTS • Found in your binder • Lists several diseases/conditions with required special precautions and modes of transmission • Need to be familiar with it to comply with Infection Control policies

  47. CMC ISOLATION GUIDES

  48. California Code of Regulations for Reportable Diseases and Conditions • Over 70 reportable communicable diseases • The duty of every health care provider knowing of, or in attendance on, a case or suspected case to report on a Confidential Morbidity Report (CMR) form and fax to PHD • CMR generally completed and faxed by Infection Control

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