INFECTION CONTROL 2013 for NCLEX

INFECTION CONTROL 2013 for NCLEX - RN / NCLEX -PN

source: CDC website, Pearson Vue Learning Ext, Hurst Review and Saunder's

PPE

Donning: Gown, Mask, Googles, Gloves
Removal: Gloves, Googles, Gown, Mask

AIRBORNE PRECAUTION
- private room

- negative pressure with 6-12 air exchange/hr
- n95 mask

• Measles (Rubeola)
• Tuberculosis (Pulmonary/ Mycobacterium)
• Chicken Pox (Varicella Zoster) – Airborne/Contact
• Shingles ( Herpes Zoster) - Airborne/Contact
• Small Pox - Airborne/Contact

 

  

DROPLET PRECAUTION

- private room

- mask

think spiderman!

• SARS
• Sepsis
• Scarlet Fever
• Streptococcal Pharyngitis
• Pertussis (Whooping Cough)
• Influenza H1N1
• Diphtheria (pharyngeal)
• Epiglottitis
• Rubella (German Measles)
• Mumps
• Meningitis (Neisseria)
• Mycoplasma / meningeal / meningococcal Pneumonia
• AdeNovirus

• 5^th Disease (Parvovirus B19)
• Croup
• Pneumonia
• Plague (Pneumonic)
• Rhinovirus

* Droplet (like rain drops) and Rubella (umbrella to protect from rain drops)

CONTACT PRECAUTION

- private room

- gloves – when entering the room of all pt

- gowns for pt and environment

 think CREMVIRS

• C. Difficile
• Conjuctivitis (Viral)
• RSV
• E. Coli Gastroenteritis
• MRSA - Methicillin Resistant Staphyloccocus Aureus
• VRE - Vancomycin Resistant Enterocolitis
• Impetigo
• Rota Virus
• Scabies

for more information, check out CDC website for the complete list of INFECTION Control

http://wonder.cdc.gov/wonder/prevguid/p0000419/p0000419.asp#Table_AA

Other NOTES:

• Mycoplasma and Meningoccocal Pneumonia are the only Pneumonia that is DROPLET. The rest is STANDARD.
• Neisseria Meningitis ( Droplet) and Viral Meningitis (Contact)
• for Measles, Rubeola is Airborne while Rubella (German Measles) is Droplet
• for Plague, Pneumonic Plague is Droplet while Bubonic Plague is Standard
• Varicella (chickenpox) requires use of Airborne Precautions and Contact precautions as well
  

Goodluck!