Aseptic Technique

PPE needed for contact patient

gown and gloves

PPE needed for droplet patient

shield, mask, gown, and gloves

PPE needed for airborne patient

private room with negative air pressure and N95 mask

PPE needed for patient with airborne and contact

gown, gloves, and mask

order for donning

gown, mask, shield/goggles, gloves

order for doffing

gown and gloves, goggles/shield, mask

nosocomial

picked up in the hospital

iatrogenic

picked up due to treatment

cycle of contamination

infectious agent, reservoir for organism, mode of escape, method of transmission, method of entry, susceptible host

examples of contact

MRSA, C-diff, hepatitis A, VRE

examples of droplet

mumps, meningitis, pneumonia, flu, covid

examples of airborne

TB and measles

examples of contact and airborne and contact

covid and chickenpox