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Infection Prevention & Control. An introduction for new employees Clinical Nurse Specialist CDHB Infection Prevention & Control Service. Aim of Infection Prevention & Control.
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Infection Prevention & Control • An introduction for new employees • Clinical Nurse Specialist • CDHB Infection Prevention & Control Service
Aim of Infection Prevention & Control • The primary aim of infection prevention & control is to prevent patients, staff and visitors from acquiring an infection while in our healthcare facilities.
Achieving the Aim • If you always use Standard and Transmission-based Precautions appropriately and correctly, you will keep yourself and your patients safe from acquiring infection while in the healthcare setting.
Infection Prevention • Standard Precautions • Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) • Transmission-based Precautions • Contact Precautions • Droplet Precautions • Airborne Precautions • Multi Drug Resistant Organisms (MDRO) • A safe environment • Cleaning and disinfection • Blood and body fluid exposures (BBFE)
Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) PPE is defined as... “Specialised clothing or equipment worn by an employee for protection against infectious materials” (OSHA) Centres for Disease Control and prevention web site.
Types of PPE used in healthcare settings • Gloves - protect hands • Gown/aprons - protect skin and or clothing • Masks - protect mouth/nose • Goggles - protect eyes • Visors/visor masks - protect face, mouth, nose and eyes
Transmission-based Precautions (Isolation Precautions) • When Standard Precautions are not quite enough • Contact • Droplet • Airborne • Used IN ADDITION TO Standard Precautions
Contact Precautions Used when in direct contact with patient or their environment e.g. Scabies, MRSA, diarrhoea
Droplet Precautions Used for diseases which generate large droplets which travel approx. 1 - 2m then fall to the floor e.g. Influenza
Airborne Precautions Used for diseases which are carried on small droplet nuclei suspended in the air e.g. Pulmonary TB, Chickenpox, Measles
Multi drug resistant organisms (MDRO) • ESBL-producing enterobacteriaceae • E. Coli and Klebsiellapneumoniae most common • VRE • Vancomycin-resistant E. faecium & E. faecalis • MRSA • Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus • MDR-GNB • MDRAcinetobacterbaumanii
Blood and Body Fluid Exposures (BBFE) • Report all BBFE • BBFE packs in clinical areas • Pink reporting form!!! • Hepatitis B immunisation
Achieving Infection Prevention…. If you always use Standard and Transmission-based Precautions appropriately and correctly, you will keep yourself and your patients safe from acquiring infection while in the healthcare setting.