http://infection-control.findtalk.net/feed/? Latest topics Sat, 28 Feb 2009 16:22:39 GMT 10 http://hitskin.com/themes/13/40/33/i_logo.gif http://infection-control.findtalk.net/feed/? http://infection-control.findtalk.net/management-of-needle-prick-injury-f2/management-of-needle-prick-injury-t6.htm Admin Management of Occupational Blood Exposures Provide immediate care to the exposure site. · Wash wounds and skin with soap and water. · Flush mucous membranes with water. Determine risk associated with exposure by · type of fluid (e.g., blood, visibly bloody fluid, other potentially infectious fluid or tissue, and concentrated virus) and · type of exposure (i.e., percutaneous injury, mucous membrane or nonintact skin exposure, and bites resulting in blood exposure). ... Management of Needle Prick Injury Sat, 28 Feb 2009 16:22:39 GMT http://infection-control.findtalk.net/management-of-needle-prick-injury-f2/management-of-needle-prick-injury-t6.htm#6 http://infection-control.findtalk.net/management-of-needle-prick-injury-f2/management-of-needle-prick-injury-t6.htm http://infection-control.findtalk.net/infection-control-glance-f1/central-venous-catheters-including-peripherally-inserted-central-catheters-piccs-hemodialysis-and-pulmonary-artery-catheters-in-adult-and-pediatric-patients-t5.htm Admin I. Surveillance A. Conduct surveillance in intensive care units (ICUs) and other patient populations to determine catheter-related bloodstream infection (CRBSI) rates, monitor trends in those rates, and assist in identifying lapses in infection-control practices. Category IA B. Express ICU data as the number of catheter-associated bloodstream infections (BSIs) per 1,000 catheter-days for both adults and children and stratify by birth weight categories for neonatal ICUs to facilitate comparisons ... Infection Control Glance Sat, 28 Feb 2009 16:13:01 GMT http://infection-control.findtalk.net/infection-control-glance-f1/central-venous-catheters-including-peripherally-inserted-central-catheters-piccs-hemodialysis-and-pulmonary-artery-catheters-in-adult-and-pediatric-patients-t5.htm#5 http://infection-control.findtalk.net/infection-control-glance-f1/central-venous-catheters-including-peripherally-inserted-central-catheters-piccs-hemodialysis-and-pulmonary-artery-catheters-in-adult-and-pediatric-patients-t5.htm http://infection-control.findtalk.net/infection-control-glance-f1/guidelines-for-the-prevention-of-intravascular-catheter-related-infections-t4.htm Admin Guidelines for the Prevention of Intravascular Catheter-Related Infections Strategies for Prevention of Catheter-related Infections 1. Selection of site for catheter insertion 2. Type of catheter material used (e.g., Teflon®, polyurethane, polyvinyl chloride, polyethylene, steel) 3. Hand hygiene and aseptic technique during catheter insertion (e.g., use of antibacterial soap and water, alcohol-based products, gloves, etc.) 4. Skin antisepsis with povidone-iodine or chlorhexidine ... Infection Control Glance Sat, 28 Feb 2009 16:11:36 GMT http://infection-control.findtalk.net/infection-control-glance-f1/guidelines-for-the-prevention-of-intravascular-catheter-related-infections-t4.htm#4 http://infection-control.findtalk.net/infection-control-glance-f1/guidelines-for-the-prevention-of-intravascular-catheter-related-infections-t4.htm http://infection-control.findtalk.net/infection-control-glance-f1/guidelines-of-prevention-of-ventilator-associated-pneumonia-t3.htm Admin Prevention of Health-Care--Associated Bacterial Pneumonia I. Staff Education and Involvement in Infection Prevention Educate health-care workers about the epidemiology of, and infection-control procedures for, preventing health-care--associated bacterial pneumonia to ensure worker competency according to the worker's level of responsibility in the health-care setting, and involve the workers in the implementation of interventions to prevent health-care--associated pneumonia by using performance-improvement ... Infection Control Glance Sat, 28 Feb 2009 16:07:32 GMT http://infection-control.findtalk.net/infection-control-glance-f1/guidelines-of-prevention-of-ventilator-associated-pneumonia-t3.htm#3 http://infection-control.findtalk.net/infection-control-glance-f1/guidelines-of-prevention-of-ventilator-associated-pneumonia-t3.htm http://infection-control.findtalk.net/infection-control-glance-f1/prevention-of-urinary-tract-infection-t2.htm Admin Guideline for Prevention of Catheter-associated Urinary Tract Infections INTRODUCTION The urinary tract is the most common site of nosocomial infection, accounting for more than 40% of the total number reported by acute-care hospitals .Most of these infections--66% to 86%--follow instrumentation of the urinary tract, mainly urinary catheterization ). Although not all catheter-associated urinary tract infections can be prevented, it is believed that a large number could be avoided by the ... Infection Control Glance Sat, 28 Feb 2009 16:01:38 GMT http://infection-control.findtalk.net/infection-control-glance-f1/prevention-of-urinary-tract-infection-t2.htm#2 http://infection-control.findtalk.net/infection-control-glance-f1/prevention-of-urinary-tract-infection-t2.htm http://infection-control.findtalk.net/infection-control-glance-f1/infection-control-guidelines-t1.htm Admin Basic Infection Control Isolation Precautions Hand Hygiene Medical Waste Isolation Precautions Standard Precautions Transmission Based Precautions: A. Contact Precautions B. Airborne Precautions C. Droplet Precautions Standard Precautions: 1. Applies to all patients regardless of diagnosis. 2. Blood, body fluids, secretion and excretion except sweat. 3. Mucous membrane, non-intact skin. Precautions in details: 1. Handwashing 2. Gloves 3. ... 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