Question

Airborne precautions are in effect for Mr. Thompson. You are changing Mr. Thompson's linens when you realize that you brought only one sheet instead of two. How would you handle this problem? What would you do first? 5. When you put on gloves to help Mr. Wilson with mouth care, he eyes the gloves and says, "I don't have AIDS, you know. Why are you wearing those things?" How should you respond? 6. 7. Emma Jones, who works as a nurse assistant, became engaged over the weekend. She wants to wear her new engagement ring to work on Monday so that she can show it off. What does she need to consider when deciding whether to wear the ring? 8. The nurse asks for your help to positiona person on his side. The person has a large, open, draining wound that needs cleaning. The nurse explains to you that a great deal of solution will be used to clean the wound and that it is likely to splash. What personal protective equipment (PPE) should you put on and why?

Answer 1

5.The first thing to be done are

• Check and make sure it is not mixed up with other linens
• Inform the concerned staff about the linens
• Request the concerned staff to air tight the linen in an cover, so that he may collect it can be send to the autovlave unit as per the hospital protocol

6.The patient should be made understand that there are chance of spillage during this care,inform that it is the healthcare protocol to be followed when bodily fluids are at risk of contact as a measure of infection prevention techniques

7.Health care professionals working for the patients are always infectious and the chance of disease transmission is high,microorganisms may come in contact and gets sedimented in the materials or ornaments present in the hand.Even after hand hygiene is done,the prevalence of germs in it is possible.So to prevent cross contamination or self infection ,it is better to avoid wearing it and the most important part go be considered.There is also a protocol that during patient procedure there should be no ornaments in the hand.

8.The following PPE will be needed when handling a case where splash is expected

• Wear disposable gown face mask,goggles,caps and gloves to prevent splash fluids on the healthcare professionals.This can protect the dyes,face,hand and the hospital gown .This will protect the nursing assistant from infection and also cross infecting other patiwnts during care.