COMPLETE REVIEW AND SOLUTIONS
◉ Touch Precautions. Answer: Drops or Wet (droplet)
Contact
Air Borne
◉ MRSA. Answer: An example of a bacterial infection that requires
contact precautions because it is on the skin and can be spreaded by
direct contact when touching someone
◉ Influenza. Answer: An example of infection that requires droplet
precautions because it can be spread by droplets when a person
sneezes, laughs, or coughs
◉ Airborne precautions. Answer: moved or conveyed by or through
air ( tuberculosis, chicken pox, and measles.) they are spread by
germs that float in the air
◉ Isolation Precautions: The Room. Answer: Apply your PPE prior to
contact with the resident. When exiting, remove and discard PPE at
the door way or immediately outside of the room.
, ◉ Isolation Precautions: The Resident. Answer: The resident may
feel depressed or lonely, make sure to provide books, magazines,
puzzles or activities that can be done in the room. Visitors must
wear PPE and objects must not be outside of room.
◉ Dirty Linen. Answer: Bag it in a disposable meltaway bag, then
place it in a red biohazard bag and remove it from the room with
ONLY one glove on.
◉ Safe work practices. Answer: The maintenance of sanitation
standards and the application of safety precautions in the workplace
environment (for a resident, safe practices are documented on
resident's care plan).
◉ Reporting Incidents. Answer: A form is filled out to record down
incidents that have occurred. ( providing improper care, broken or
lost items, violence in the facility, fall of a resident.)
◉ types of fires and extinguishers. Answer: -Type A: paper, wood,
and cloth fires
-Type B: flammable liquid fires (grease and anesthetics)
-Type C: electrical fires
-Type D: Combustible
-Type ABC: acceptable for use on any type of fire
-Type K: Kitchen Fires