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PRECAUTIONS
Ross Ibabao/ICCO
KJO Hospital
Standard Precaution
1) Hand Hygiene
2) Use of personal protective equipment (e.g., gloves,
gowns, facemasks), depending on the anticipated
exposure
3) Respiratory hygiene and cough etiquette
4) Sharp Safety or Safe injection practices, and
5) Waste Management and Safe handling of potentially
contaminated equipment or surfaces in the patient
environment.
Hand Hygiene
IC/PL-12
Ross Ibabao/ICCO
KJO Hospital
Hand Hygiene
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16 Hygiene Intervention
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MDs
Midwives
1) Hand Hygiene
2) Use of personal protective equipment (e.g., gloves,
gowns, facemasks), depending on the anticipated
exposure.
3) Respiratory hygiene and cough etiquette
4) Sharp Safety or Safe injection practices, and
5) Waste Management and Safe handling of potentially
contaminated equipment or surfaces in the patient
environment.
Personal Protective
Equipment (PPE)
Guidance for the Selection and Use of Personal Protective
Equipment (PPE) in Healthcare Settings
IC/PL-12
Ross Ibabao/ICCO
KJO Hospital
What is Personal Protective
Equipment?
• Medical evaluation
• Fit testing
• Training
• Fit checking before use
• Gown first
• Mask or respirator
• Goggles or face shield
• Gloves
• Gloves
• Face shield or goggles
• Gown
• Mask or respirator
1) Hand Hygiene
2) Use of personal protective equipment (e.g., gloves,
gowns, facemasks), depending on the anticipated
exposure.
3) Respiratory hygiene and cough etiquette
4) Sharp Safety or Safe injection practices, and
5) Waste Management and Safe handling of potentially
contaminated equipment or surfaces in the patient
environment.
Respiratory Hygiene and
Cough Etiquette
Ross Ibabao/ICCO
KJO Hospital
Respiratory Hygiene and Cough Etiquette
1) Hand Hygiene
2) Use of personal protective equipment (e.g., gloves,
gowns, facemasks), depending on the anticipated
exposure.
3) Respiratory hygiene and cough etiquette
4) Sharp Safety or Safe injection practices, and
5) Waste Management and Safe handling of potentially
contaminated equipment or surfaces in the patient
environment.
Sharp Safety
Preventing Needle sticks and Other Sharps
Injuries…
Ross Ibabao/ICCO
KJO Hospital
What Strategies Exist to Eliminate Sharps
Injuries?
Be prepared
Be aware
Dispose with care
Be Prepared
During a Procedure
During Cleanup
No recapping
Be accountable for sharps you use
Check procedure trays, waste materials,
and bedding for exposed sharps before
handling
Look for sharps/equipment left behind
inadvertently
Clean Up and Dispose With Care
Inspect container
Keep hands behind sharps
Never put hands or fingers into sharps
container
Clean Up and Dispose With Care
Handle carefully
Keep hands behind sharps at all times
Use mechanical device if you cannot safely pick up sharps
by hand
Sharps Safety Practices
Be prepared
Be aware
Dispose with care
Sharps Injuries in the Operating Room
Engineering controls
Use round-tipped scalpel blades instead of sharp-tipped blades
Use blunt suture needle
1) Hand Hygiene
2) Use of personal protective equipment (e.g., gloves,
gowns, facemasks), depending on the anticipated
exposure.
3) Respiratory hygiene and cough etiquette
4) Sharp Safety or Safe injection practices, and
5) Waste Management and Safe handling of potentially
contaminated equipment or surfaces in the patient
environment.
Waste Management
EHS/PL-002
Ross Ibabao/ICCO
KJO Hospital
Key Concepts
• Cont.
• A common misconception is to assume that the presence
of a pathogen will result in infection from
Pathogenic are found in many waste. day
settings. Household
different
garbage, bed linens, soiledtodiaper,
day
and unwashed hands are all example of environment in
which pathogen can routinely be found both within and
outside the healthcare setting.
• A number studies have shown that although hospital
waste can have variety of organisms than
from households are more
a
heavily contaminated
greater
For a waste to be capable of causing
infection, the following specific factors
are necessary:
1. Dose
2. Host susceptibility
3. Presence of pathogen
4. Virulence of pathogen
5. Portal of entry
1) Hand Hygiene
2) Use of personal protective equipment (e.g., gloves,
gowns, facemasks), depending on the anticipated
exposure.
3) Respiratory hygiene and cough etiquette
4) Sharp Safety or Safe injection practices, and
5) Waste Management and Safe handling of potentially
contaminated equipment or surfaces in the patient
environment, (Cleaning, Disinfection And Sterilization)
Ross Ibabao/ICCO
KJO Hospital
Process of CSSD
Rinsing -> Cleaning ->Disinfection->Sterilization
Non-Critical - Departmental
Rinsing ->Cleaning ->low level disinfection (minuten)
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Disinfection
A process that eliminates many or all pathogenic
microorganisms on inanimate objects, with the
exception of bacterial spores
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