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Positively Promote who you are by:
Identifying yourself and wearing your name badge above the waist so it is visible at all times.
Who are you going to call…..? Take the quiz
Match the correct officer with the correct incident.
-Privacy officer (Alycea Lakin ext. 5029)
-Compliance officer (Lorraine Meyer ext. 5014)
-Safety officer (Michael Bomberger ext. 4180)
- Who do you call with a concern about a staff member giving protected patient information to an unauthorized person?
- Who do you call if you would like to know what to do for patients and staff in case of a tornado?
- Who do you call regarding concerns with fraud, waste, and abuse?
Red Bags: any items contaminated with blood or other potential infectious materials.
Examples:
- Any saturated with blood or wound drainage
- Any container with bulk blood or body fluids
- Blood transfusion tubing/bags
- Central venous lines
- Dressings, cotton balls, and gauze saturated with blood or wound drainage
- Emptied suction canisters (bloody)
- Emptied wound drains (i.e. Hemlock, Jackson-Pratt, etc.…)
- Isolation Waste, including disposable isolation gowns, mask, gloves, etc.… only if saturated with blood or body fluids
Do's and Don’ts While Handling Red and Yellow Biohazard Bags:
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DO make sure the bag is labeled with biohazard symbol
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DO seal the bags properly
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DO - Always wear gloves, apron, face mask or eye protection while handling, changing or shifting the bags
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DO - Line your medical waste container with the biohazard bags
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DON’T - Dispose of them in municipal or city waste bins. Such wastes are collected by only licensed medical waste contractors.
Isolation signs location:
- PPE cabinets in patient rooms and in hallways.
- At the nurses station
- Via PowerDMS
Patient Transport of an Isolated patient:
- Patient transport shall be limited to the movement of patients outside of the room for medically-necessary purposes.
- When transport or movement is necessary, the infected or colonized areas of the patient’s body shall be contained and covered.
- Place a clean blanket and gown on the patient prior to transport outside the patient’s room.
- Any contaminated PPE shall be removed and disposed, and hand hygiene shall be performed prior to transporting patients on Contact Precautions.
- Clean PPE shall be donned to handle the patient at the transport destination.
When should I wash my Hands?
- Before and after contact with patients.
- Before and after wearing gloves.
- After contact with blood, body fluids, non-intact skin, or mucous membranes.
- After contact with equipment.
- Before and after eating.
- After using the bathroom, sneezing, or coughing.
What are Standard Precautions?
Standard Precautions include hand hygiene, safety-engineered devices, safe work practices, and the use of appropriate Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) whenever touching or having exposure to the following:
1. Blood.
2. Body fluids, secretions, and excretions, except sweat.
3. Non-intact skin.
4. Mucous membranes.
- Standard precautions are designed to reduce the risk of transmission of microorganisms from both recognized and unrecognized sources of infection in the healthcare facilities.
These precautions should be used with ALL patients regardless of their diagnosis or presumed infectious state.
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