The Isolation Guidlines.

I made flashcards for all the diseases--there were a ton! And then wrote either A, D, or C on the back of the flashcards (airborne, droplet, contact). Also, make sure to memorize what you need for each precaution (glove and gown for contact, mask for droplet, private room, etc). Then you should be fine if you memorize all them. I actually think the infection questions helped me on the NCLEX, because they were pretty straightforward. Good luck!

Make a chart: Airborne-->TB, Shingles, negative pressure room, special fitted mask, pt wears mask when been transported

Droplet: Meningitis, influenza, mask, 3ft from pt, cohort, pt wears mask when trasported

Contact: MRSA, C-DIFF, VRE, gown and gloves

Standard: gown when necessary (wound care), gloves, wash hands between pt, you assume everyone has some infectious disease

One more question where would i find what pts can room together and what pts need private rooms.

ex. a c-diff pt be with a vre pt?

a mrsa pt be with a staph pt?

One more question where would i find what pts can room together and what pts need private rooms.

ex. a c-diff pt be with a vre pt?

a mrsa pt be with a staph pt?

No,

MRSA can be with another MRSA pt (COHORT)

If the infection is a different strain, they cannot share room

Make a chart: Airborne-->TB, Shingles, negative pressure room, special fitted mask, pt wears mask when been transported

Droplet: Meningitis, influenza, mask, 3ft from pt, cohort, pt wears mask when trasported

Contact: MRSA, C-DIFF, VRE, gown and gloves

Standard: gown when necessary (wound care), gloves, wash hands between pt, you assume everyone has some infectious disease

(Got the idea of of another poster on allnurses:up:)

:yeah:

Transmission-based Precautions: ADC

A - Airborne

D - Droplet

C - Contact

AIRBORNE PRECAUTION

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