IPAC (Infection Prevention and Control) Review Questions Fully Solved

What are the three categories of precaution? - contact, droplet, and airborne Contact precautions include? - -Wear gloves & gown if in contact with the individual, surfaces, or objects within their environment -Disposable items discarded at point of use. -Re-usable items cleaned with Virox (E.g. BP cuff) -Private room or cohort patients Droplet precautions include? - -Spread through droplets like cough, sneeze, talk -Private room, or cohort with door closed, mask worn when within 2 meters of patient Airborne precautions- -Spread by fine particles dispersed by air currents/ airborne droplet -N-95 mask, private room, negative pressure airflow Airborne Infection Isolation Rooms (AIIR) or Negative pressure room- the isolation room has a lower pressure than the surrounding rooms, keeping airborne particles from flowing outward Protective Environment or Positive pressure room- the isolation room has a higher pressure inside the treated area than the surrounding environment. Air can leave the room without circulating back in What is asepsis? - the process for keeping away disease-producing microorganisms What are the two types of aseptic techniques? - -Medical asepsis or clean technique -Surgical asepsis or surgical technique Medical asepsis (clean technique) - -Reduce and prevent the spread of microorganisms -Includes: hand hygiene, using clean disposable gloves, routine cleaning of the environment Surgical asepsis (sterile technique) - -Procedures to eliminate all micro-organisms including spores from an object or area -Used during procedures involving insertion of catheters or surgical instruments into body cavities