Skills lab 1

Five moments you should perform hand hygiene

Before touching a patient, after touching a patient before procedure, before a clean or aseptic procedure, after body fluid exposure, after touching a patients surroundings

When is using a alcohol based hand rub a good option for hand hygiene?

if my hands are not visibly soiled or have not come in contact with blood or body fluids, moving from a contaminated body site to a clean body site, during patient care before and after each, patient contact after contact with surfaces in the patient’s environment and after removing gloves

When is handwashing preferred?

When my hands are visibly soiled when my hands are contaminated with blood or body fluids before eating, and after using the restroom if I know, or even suspect I’ve been exposed to certain organisms, such as those causing anthrax Nora virus or CDIFF

Why is PPE necessary

it in the patient’s chart there is a risk of infection, prevent transmission of microorganisms

Gown

1 st protects entire uniform

Mask

2nd protects from airborne contaminants, membranes in eyes from splashed

Gloves

Last, to protect hands and writs from microorganisms