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let me share my notes on infection control to you...
airborne precaution:
private room with closed door
negative pressure room/ 6-12 exchange/hr
ppe: n95, hepa filter
dse: (remember mtv hz)
measle
tb/ tb suspect
varicella
herpes zoster
sars
droplet precaution:
>5 microns
private room
yes to cohort, 3ft separation
ppe: surgical mask
dse: (remember "dropletism")
diptheria
rubella
oral pharyngitis
pertussis/ pneumonia
legionnaire's disease
erythema infectiosum (5th disease) -contagious when no rash
tonsilitis
influenza
scarlet fever
mumps/ meningitis
contact precaution:
private room
yes to cohort, 3ft separation
secretions: skin wounds, eyes, nose, ears
patient has own bp/stet equipment
ppe: gloves and gown
dse: rsv, mrsa, vrsa, vre, cdad, std, conjunctivitis, impetigo
enteric precaution:
private room with bathroom facility
yes to cohort
ppe: gloves and gown
dse: hep a, shigella, salmonella, norwalk virus (improper/ contaminated food)
crytosporidiosis, gardiasis (common in day care/ children)
neutropenic precaution:
private room
ppe: mask
dse: chemo/ cancer patients, aids/hiv, major burns/ surgery,
sle, transplant patient taking 4c's (cellcept, corticoidsteroids, cytoxan, cyclosporin)
Additional info here --->>>> https://allnurses.com/nclex-discussion-forum/infection-control-mnemonics-299890.html
futurern34
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any books out there? Saunders and PDA don't really get into it. Maybe I might have to reread that chapter in my med-surg book. I feel like I am gonna get hammered with these questions. Thanks.