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Infection Prevention & Control

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

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  1. Infection Prevention & Control • An introduction for new employees • Clinical Nurse Specialist • CDHB Infection Prevention & Control Service

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

  4. 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)

  5. 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.

  6. 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

  7. N95 Masks

  8. Transmission-based Precautions (Isolation Precautions) • When Standard Precautions are not quite enough • Contact • Droplet • Airborne • Used IN ADDITION TO Standard Precautions

  9. Contact Precautions Used when in direct contact with patient or their environment e.g. Scabies, MRSA, diarrhoea

  10. Droplet Precautions Used for diseases which generate large droplets which travel approx. 1 - 2m then fall to the floor e.g. Influenza

  11. Airborne Precautions Used for diseases which are carried on small droplet nuclei suspended in the air e.g. Pulmonary TB, Chickenpox, Measles

  12. New Posters and Other updates available

  13. 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

  14. Cleaning & Disinfection

  15. Know what you are using!

  16. Sharps Safety

  17. Blood and Body Fluid Exposures (BBFE) • Report all BBFE • BBFE packs in clinical areas • Pink reporting form!!! • Hepatitis B immunisation

  18. 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.

  19. And finally…

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