PErsonal Protective equipment
When treating a patient for droplet precautions you need to wear a mask, gown, gloves and eye protection and booties
When treating a patient with contact precautions you need to wear gloves, gown
When treating a patient with airborne precautions you will need to wear gown, gloves, a HEPA hood or a PFR95 mask, eye protection, hair cap and booties
When treating a patient with reverse isolation precautions you need to wear your full PPE, gloves, gown, mask, eye, hair, and feet.
When treating a patient with contact precautions you need to wear gloves, gown
When treating a patient with airborne precautions you will need to wear gown, gloves, a HEPA hood or a PFR95 mask, eye protection, hair cap and booties
When treating a patient with reverse isolation precautions you need to wear your full PPE, gloves, gown, mask, eye, hair, and feet.
Surgical asepsis
Sterile technique is the means by which a surgically-aseptic environment is set up, worked in, and maintained. The most important principle to remember regarding sterile technique is: sterile items remain sterile only when touched by other sterile items