Infection Control - Precautions (Acronyms)

Think of AC Slater, aka, Mario Lopez from Saved by the Bell. A high school student, and just think of high school as a time for acne and pimples or dots or chicken pox marks - MMHS (Mira Mesa High School) Measles (rubeola), - yes M. tuberculosis, - yes Herpes zoster (Shingles) - yes

Think of CONTACT CRIMPS -
[C]roup, - yes
[R]SV (respiratory syncytial virus), - yes
[I]mpetigo, - yes
[M]RSA, - yes
[P]ediculosis, - yes
[S]cabies - yes

Think of Washington DC and there are political people so we must be proper. So, MRS. DiP –
[M]umps, - yes
[R]ubella, - yes
[S]carlet Fever, - yes

[Di]ptheria, - yes
[P]ertussis (Whooping Cough) - yes

I can’t really think of one for this, but, I thought of PIMS –
[P]neumonia, - yes, but depends [I]nfluenza, - yes
[M]eningitis, - yes, but depends
[S]trep. Pharyngitis - yes

1. Private room or with patient with same infection 2. Negative air pressure 3. Keep door closed 4. Place mask on patient if being transported

1. Private room or with patient with same infection 2. Keep 3 keet away from patient 3. Door may remain open 4. Place mask on patient if being transported

1. Private room or with patient with same infection 2. Clean, nonsterile gloves 3. Wear gown when entering room if clothing will have contact 4. Remove gown before leaving 5. Use dedicated equipment or clean and disinfect bet. patients

You can still be "LL HIP" even if you are standard???
- Lyme Dis - yes - Legionnaire’s disease - yes - Haemophilus Influenza PNEUMONIA - yes

- drink fluids , antibiotics, sitz bath

Tachypnea, tachy, confusion

- persistent cough with blood-tinged sputum and night sweats - put mask on patient to prevent spread

1 week after onset of jaundice.

STANDARD - yes

Standard precaution - YES

For infants, it is droplet and standard

Contact precaution, bc localized - yes

Non-immunocompromised patients with shingles only have the virus in their skin lesions and are only infectious by direct contact.