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| INDEX Purpose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . 1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Infection surveillance, prevention, and control in Home Care . . . . . . . . . . ........ . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . 1 Infection Control Committee Members . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . 2 Infection Control Committee Minutes . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . 3 Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Exposure Control Plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . . . .. . . . . 6 Home Care Acquired Infections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . . .. . . . . 9 Infection Control Policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . .. . . . . 11 Other Infection Control Measures . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . . .. . . . . 12 Infection Control Orientation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . .. . . 13 Annual In-services for infection control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Infection Control education/training . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Infection Control training outline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . . .. . . 17 Universal precautions for all health care workers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...... . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Guidelines for patients know to be HIV positive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....... . . . . . .. . . . 22 Employee Health requirements/Hepatitis B vaccination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....... . . . 23 Hepatitis B Fact sheet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ........................................ . . . . .. . . . . 24 Information voluntary authorization for the administration of Hepatitis B vaccine . . .. . ................ . . 26 Post exposure evaluation and follow-up procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..... . . . .. . . . 27 Post occupational exposure to blood bone pathogen evaluation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ........ . . . . . . 29 Employee exposure incident . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . 30 Referral for evaluation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..... . .. . . . . 30 Employee exposure to an infectious disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....... . . . . .. . . 32 High risk employees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ......... . . .. . . . . 34 Exposure determination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . ......................... . . 35 Diseases usually considered reportable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ................ .. . . . . 37 Employee protective equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .................... . . . . 39 Disposal of needles, syringes and sharp items. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .............. .. . . . . 40 Respiratory protection plan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . ....................... . . 42 Policies for care of patients with suspected TB infections. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ......... . . . . . . 45 Policies for care of staff with suspected TB infections. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....... . . . . . . 46 Requirements for the selection and use of respiratory devices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....... . . . . 48 US Department of Labor program highlights Enforcement Policy on Tuberculosis . . . . . . . . ............ . 50 Specific OSHA standards application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . ................... . . 52 Home Health infection surveillance report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ............ .. . . . . 53 Handwashing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Universal/Standard Precautions . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .......... . . . . . . 56 Policy on Persons with confirmed or suspected disabling or infectious diseases, including AIDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . ........................................ . . 57 Personnel Infection Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . .60 Prevention & Treatments of Decubitus/Wounds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 Procedure for dressing change . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . 62 Emergent Care for Wound Infection . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . 63 Discharge to Community needing Wound Care or Medication Assistant . . . . . . ......... . . . . . . .. . . . 64 Adverse outcome report, increase in numbers of pressure ulcers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...... . . . .. . . . 65 Decline in Wound status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....... . .. . . . . 67 Policy on Waste Disposal . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..... . . . .. . . . . 68 Infection Disease Report Form . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....... . . .. . . . . 69 Patient acquire Infection tracking . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .... . . . 70 Employee acquire Infection tracking . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . 71 Infection tracking summary.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . 72 Infection Control & Safety Management: The Nursing Bag . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . 73
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