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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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