Implementation should include
- defining standard precautions and transmission-based precautions and identifying Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and CDC requirements
- identifying and demonstrating aseptic techniques
- differentiating between sanitization, disinfection, and sterilization
- listing guidelines for standard and transmission-based precautions
- demonstrating the use of personal protective equipment (PPE)
- identifying blood-borne pathogens
- demonstrating precautions against blood-borne pathogens
- identifying the proper disposal of sharps
- identifying guidelines for removal of potentially contaminated linen and other supplies
- understanding and demonstrating proper bag technique
- distinguishing between hazardous and non-hazardous waste materials
- identifying how to address spills.
Process/Skill Questions:
- How would you differentiate between the disposal of hazardous and non-hazardous waste materials?
- What are the most common types of PPE? What is the purpose of each?
- What are the proper ways to don and doff PPE?
- In what scenarios is the use of PPE mandatory?
- What client situations may require the use of higher-level precautions?
- Why are the elderly at a higher risk for infection?
- What is proper bag technique, and why is it important?
- How should soiled equipment be disposed of?