What precautions should a health care worker take when visiting the home of a TB patient who may be infectious?
Table of Contents
- 1 What precautions should a health care worker take when visiting the home of a TB patient who may be infectious?
- 2 What do you do if you live with TB?
- 3 What precautions to prevent infection should be used when caring for a client with tuberculosis?
- 4 What are 3 standard precautions in healthcare?
- 5 How do you care for a TB patient?
- 6 What are the 5 standard precautions for infection control?
- 7 What are the responsibilities of patient care services?
What precautions should a health care worker take when visiting the home of a TB patient who may be infectious?
Persons who have or are suspected of having infectious TB disease should be placed in an area away from other patients, preferably in an airborne infection isolation (AII) room.
What do you do if you live with TB?
If you think you have been exposed to someone with TB disease, you should contact your doctor or local health department about getting a TB skin test or a special TB blood test. Be sure to tell the doctor or nurse when you spent time with the person who has TB disease.
What precautions to prevent infection should be used when caring for a client with tuberculosis?
The following measures can be taken to reduce the risk for exposure:
- Implementing a respiratory protection program;
- Training health care workers on respiratory protection; and.
- Educating patients on respiratory hygiene and the importance of cough etiquette procedures.
What must a healthcare professional do when caring for a patient with TB?
Instruct patients to cover their mouth and nose with a tissue when coughing or sneezing. Wear a personal respirator when visiting the home of an infectious patient with TB or when transporting an infectious patient with TB in a vehicle.
What are precautions in healthcare?
Precautions are preventative steps needed to be taken by healthcare team members and staff at healthcare facilities to prevent the spread of infections.
What are 3 standard precautions in healthcare?
Standard Precautions
- Hand hygiene.
- Use of personal protective equipment (e.g., gloves, masks, eyewear).
- Respiratory hygiene / cough etiquette.
- Sharps safety (engineering and work practice controls).
- Safe injection practices (i.e., aseptic technique for parenteral medications).
- Sterile instruments and devices.
How do you care for a TB patient?
How can you care for yourself at home?
- Take your antibiotics as directed.
- Take your medicine with food to help avoid an upset stomach.
- Cover your mouth when you sneeze or cough.
- Avoid public areas until you have been told that you cannot spread TB.
- Talk to your doctor about drinking alcohol.
What are the 5 standard precautions for infection control?
What type of precautions are used when caring for a patient?
There are universal standard precautions are the minimum infection prevention steps defined by the CDC as[1]:
- Hand hygiene, proper washing of hands before and after patient contact.
- Use of appropriate protective equipment (i.e., gloves) before patient contact.
- Respiratory hygiene (i.e., covering your cough and sneeze)
What are droplet precautions?
Droplet Precautions are used to prevent the spread of pathogens that are passed through respiratory secretions and do not survive for long in transit. These droplets are relatively large particles that cannot travel though the air very far. They are transmitted through coughing, sneezing, and talking.
What are the responsibilities of patient care services?
Address patient concerns and queries professionally. Answer call lights and attend to patient needs. Perform basic administrative duties including printing, copying, and filing patient records. Assist in bathing, dressing, and feeding patients and perform other oral and personal care activities.