At least 15 seconds

Standard Precautions

1 minute.

FIT-TESTED N-95 respirator

Due to potential contamination of food and beverages. The Occupational
Health and Safety Administration (OSHA) require that hospitals provide “clean” areas away from patient care areas where we may eat and drink

Clostridioides difficile (c diff); norovirus;

Transmission-based precautions

1 minute for most organisms, 4 minutes for C diff

Outside the patient's room.

Rinse the site (if needed)
Report to your supervisor

* when hands are visibly dirty,
* before eating,
* after using the restroom, and
* after caring for people with infectious diarrhea.

Airborne precautions

False. It's a cleaning product.

Regulated medical waste, biohazardous waste have to be handled separately.

Call Pest Control for guidance.

An alcohol-based hand sanitizer is the preferred method for cleaning your hands when they are not visibly dirty because it:

Is more effective at killing potentially deadly germs on hands than soap

Is easier to use during the course of care, especially
when moving from soiled to clean activities with the same patient or resident

when moving between patients or residents in shared rooms or common areas

Improves skin condition with less irritation and dryness than soap and water

Disinfecting wipes and hand washing.

STDs, MDROs, etc.

Vaccination, safe injection handling

Quarantine: Exposure without illness

Isolation: Patient is infected with the illness that required transmission-based precautions.

Glove use

Droplet precautions

Clorox Healthcare Bleach Germicidal ONLY.

False. Check the monitors for a green light indicator.

No. When the product is designed for multi-dose/multi-patient use, preparation should occur in a clean, uncluttered and functionally separate area to avoid contamination. If medication was NOT prepared in a clean, uncluttered functionally separate area it should be discarded after use.