Infection Control NCLEX

using bootcamp cheat sheet

contact precautions PPE?

gown and gloves

contact precautions room assignment?

private room or cohort clients with same infection

Contact precautions indications “Really Sticky Infections Might Spread”

RSV, Scabies/lice, Infectious diarrhea (C.diff, E.coli), MRSA or other drug resistant organism VRE, Skin infection that can’t be covers (impetigo, shingles, chickenpox, HSV

Droplet PPE

mask

droplet room assignment

private room or cohort clients with same infection

droplet precaution indication MR.DRIPS

Mumps, Meningitis, Rubella, Diphtheria, RSV, Influenza, Pertussis/ mPneumoniae, Streptococcal pharyngitis, Scarlet fever

airborne PPE

respirator N95 or higher

airborne room assignment

private room only with HEPA filter and negative pressure airflow

airborne indications “My Chicken Has TB”

Measles (rubeola), Chickenpox (varicella), Herpes zoster (shingles). Tuberculosis

protective environment room assignment

private room only with HEPA filter and positive pressure airflow

protective environment indications

neutropenic precautions, severely immunocompromised clients, for stem cell or solid organ transplant recipients

what disease requires both contact and droplet precautions?

RSV

what disease requires both contact and airborne precautions?

chicken pox and disseminated shingles