[december2905]

hi! i already posted this before and posting it the 2nd time...I made up my own mnemonics, except for the Airborne Precaution which I copied in the April thread...

source: Saunder's 3rd ed.

Transmission-based Precautions: ADC
A - Airborne
D - Droplet
C - Contact

AIRBORNE PRECAUTION (credit goes to the one who posted this on April thread, sorry can't remember your name)

My - Measles
Chicken - Chickenpox
Hez - Herpes Zoster (Disseminated)
TB - TB

Private room
Negative pressure with 6-12 air exchanges per hour
UV
Mask
N95 Mask for TB

DROPLET PRECAUTION
think of SPIDERMAN!
S - Sepsis
S - Scarlet fever
S - Streptococcal pharyngitis
P - Parvovirus B19
P - Pertussis
P - Pneumonia
I - Influenza
D - Diptheria (Pharyngeal)
E - Epiglottitis
R - Rubella
M - Mumps
M - Meningitis
M - Mycoplasma or meningeal pneumonia
An - Adenovirus

Private room
Mask


CONTACT PRECAUTION
MRS.WEE
M - Multidrug resistant organism
R - Respiratory infection - RSV
S - Skin infections
W - Wound infections
E - Enteric infections - clostridium defficile
E - Eye infections

Skin Infections:
V - Varicella zoster
C - Cutaneous diptheria
H - Herpes simplex
I - Impetigo
P - Pediculosis
S - Scabies, Staphylococcus

Private room
Gloves
Gown

[blueprint]

thanks... love mnemonics! taking my test this Monday the 5th.

[december2905]

Originally Posted by blueprint

thanks... love mnemonics! taking my test this Monday the 5th.

goodluck to you! i'll pray for your success!

[dieselGIRL]

great... love it.... gudluck to us!

[4x4country]

thank you so much !!!

[Walking N2 MyDestiny]

Thank you so much!!

[Butterflybee]

This really helps!!! Thank you so much.