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•INFECTION CONTROL•
Purpose
- Managing risks of disease
- Proceedurs for cleaning and disinfecting equipment
- Compliance with laws
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BSI ___ beyond universal precautions
BSI considers ___ to be infectious
- Goes a step
- All body sustances
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Use barrier techniques to
Prevent skin and mucous membrane exposure
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In case of needle stick or other skin puncture
Scrub with soap warm water asap and rinse w/ 1:100
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Soiled/contaminated clothing shall be placed in ___ and delivered to either stations___ and be placed in the extractor ___
- 2 red bio bags
- 5,21,24,28,32,59 or T.A.
- 1time on a 30 cycle for decon
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Areas invloving public domain or thoroughfare that have been contaminated by blood or body fluids must be....
Cleaned prior to leaving Unless scene is to be processed by evidence tech
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The majority of the fluid should be absorbed and then rinsed with...
1:100 solution
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The FS defines a significant exposure as:
- 1.Exposure through needle stick, intrument, or sharps
- 2.exposure of mucous membranes to
- Blood, semen, pussy juice, CSF,synovial fluid, pleural fluid, peritoneal, pericardial, amniotic, lab specimens w/ AIDS
- 3. Exposure of skin to blood body fluid with skin chapped
- Abraded or afflicted with dermatitus
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Life-threatening infectious diseases include
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A source Pt is
Py to which JFRD have had a signifficant exposure
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If source Pt is not transported the OIC shall
Obtain name, phone #, address, and other pertinent information
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If source Pt blood is unavailable...
Contact the H&S officer for follow-up
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Any employee knowing or suspecting another employee of having an infectious disease shall report this to ___who will
- CO
- notify the H&S officer. He will notify the director/fire chief
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Personnel exposed have the following rights
- 1. Follow-up and eval
- 2. Screening result for pt
- 3. Diagnosis of any pt treated and diagnosed after trans
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Procedures following an exposure CO will
Contact FRCC and then the H&S officer
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Procedures following an exposure
H&S OFFICER (6)
- 1. Meet and accompany them throu procedure
- 2. Initiate treatment ASAP can be within 72 hrs
- 3. Initiate source tracking
- 4. Coordinate w/ infectious control nurse/employee health nurse
- 5. Notify personnel and risk management of source pt results
- 6. Advise if further med eval is needed
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EMS SOG
TOXIC INGESTION/EXPOSURE
treatment-
- Maintain O2
- If substance identified contact poison control
- (1800-2221222) for assistance
- All pt info requested must be given
- Request haz-mat team for air monitoring and expertise
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EMS SOG
TOXIC INGESTION/EXPOSURE
organophosphate exposure-
Wear appropriate PPE incuding mask,gloves and eye protection
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EMS SOG
TOXIC INGESTION/EXPOSURE
organophosphate exposure-
Decon pt
- Remove clothing
- Irrigate with NS; may use soap and water
- Contain runoff
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EMS SOG
TOXIC INGESTION/EXPOSURE
organophosphate exposure-
Decon equipment including...
- Transport vehicle
- Haz-mat team will when they haxe been deconed
- No equipment or transport vehicle will be used for any pt until free from contamination
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Once large red bio-bag is full it shall be...
TSF shall...
- Lableled with work location and date
- Be requested via helpdesk to pick up
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Request for pick up sable be submitted when...
Large storage container is full or 1 month since last pick up
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