IPC/PPE

Question 1

5 moments of hand hygiene

Answer 1

1. before touching patient
2. before procedure
3. after procedure or body fluid exposure risk
4. after patient contact
5. after contact with patient surroundings

Question 2

when to use contact precautions, key aspects and example of this precaution

Answer 2

• when there is a direct or indirect transmission that cannot be contained with standard precautions
  1. single room
  2. PPE
  3. cleaning equipment
  4. hand hygiene
• MDRO and Diarrhoea

Question 3

when to use droplet precautions, key aspects and example of this precaution

Answer 3

• When there is a spread through close respiratory or mucous membrane contact with respiratory secretions.
  1. hand hygiene
  2. PPE
• influenza

Question 4

when to use airborne precautions, key aspects and example of this precaution

Answer 4

• Airborne droplet nuclei or small particle suspended in the air
  1. hand hygiene
  2. PPE
• covid 19

Question 5

pandemic definition

Answer 5

a widespread occurrence of an infectious disease over a whole country or the world at a particular time.