Living Our Core Value: Quality

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Living Our Core Value Quality Patient Safety

• Infection Control
• Mandatory EducationFY08

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Key Learning Points

• Wash your hands, wash your hands, wash your
  hands!
• Always use Standard Precautions and Personal
  Protective Equipment.
• Familiarize yourself withour Isolation
  Guidelines.

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What is the best way for you to prevent the
spread of infection and disease?

• Wash your hands!

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Key Learning Point 1Wash your hands, wash your
hands, WASH YOUR HANDS!

• The Joint Commission mandates 100 compliance
  with CDC guidelines.
• Most important actionto prevent the spread of
  infection.
• 100,000 estimated deaths in hospitals linked to
  infections that hand washing could prevent.

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When should you wash your hands?

• When they are soiled.
• After using the restroom.
• Before eating.
• Before after providing direct patient care.
• When your hands may be contaminated.
• After removing gloves.
• Before going home.

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Key Learning Point 2

• Always use Standard Precautions and Personal
  Protective Equipment
• OSHA and NIOSH requirements.
• Assume every patient has something that is
  infectious or contagious - protect yourself
  accordingly.
• LHS provides a wide variety of protection.

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What PPE does Legacy provide?

• Gowns
• Gloves
• Goggles
• Face masks

• Face shields
• Jumpsuits
• PAPRs
• N-95 respirators

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Key Learning Point 3

• Familiarize yourself with our Isolation
  Guidelines
• CDC guidelines exist to prevent spread of
  infectious and contagious diseases to all staff,
  volunteers and visitors.
• Legacy policy LHS.600.25 contains the key
  pieces of
  information.

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Additional Precautions

• Contact Precautions for uncontained
  excretionsand secretions.
• Examples opened drainage devices, massive
  burns, easily transmitted infections (VRE, C.
  difficile diarrhea)

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Additional Precautions

• Droplet Precautions to protect against inhaling
  or coming into contact with infectious
  respiratory droplets.
• Examples pertussis, any febrile coughing
  illness such as influenza

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Additional Precautions

• Airborne Precautions to protect against
  lingering airborne particles.
• Examples TB, Chickenpox, measles, disseminated
  shingles

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TRANSMISSION BASED PRECAUTIONS

• Requires an Isolation sign on patients door
  identifying type of precaution and PPE required
• Order must be placed in eChart/Cerner and update
  Awarix

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Protect Yourself Others

• No matter who you are, where you work and what
  you do, minimize the spread of infection in our
  environment.
• Wash your hands, wash your hands, wash your
  hands!
• Always use Standard Precautions and Personal
  Protective Equipment.
• Familiarize yourself with our Isolation
  Guidelines.

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Additional Resources

• LHS Intranet. Infection Control and Employee
  Health Policies start with the number 600.
• www.cdc.gov
• Hospital Infection Control Practitioner.
• After hours, contact House Supervisor for
  assistance if they are unable to assist, they
  can contact the Infection Control Practitioner on
  call for urgent needs.