Assessment: Hand Hygiene

Nurse Geeta is caring for a patient who is admitted in post-operative ICU as a case of wound dehiscence. Keeping in mind the infection control practices nurse Geeta should perform which action as a first line intervention to prevent the transmission of infection to her patient?

You are the assigned nurse to care of Mr. Gautam who is diagnosed with COPD and has a history of HTN & DM type 2. He is 45 years, weighs 80 Kg and has a BMI of 26.9. The doctor ordered nebulization with Duolin for 6 hourly. Keeping in mind infection control practices, you must perform hand hygiene while providing care to Mr. Gautam. Select the appropriate statement?

Put the following steps in the correct sequence for effective hand hygiene using alcohol based hand rub?

a. Rub your hands together palm to palm
b. Rub each thumb in turn holding it in the opposite hand using a rotational motion
c. Apply a palm full of alcohol based hand rub from a dispenser into a cupped hand and cover all surfaces
d. Rub the back of each hand with the palm of the other hand and interlace your fingers
e. Rub the back of your fingers to the opposing palm with fingers interlocked
f. Allow your hands to dry naturally, do not use paper towels
g. Rub palm to palm with fingers interlaced
h. Rub the tips of your fingers in the opposite palm in a circular motion.

If your hands are visibly soiled, then alcohol-based hand rub is the preferred method of hand hygiene.

If you are wearing gloves while providing care to a patient, then hand hygiene is not required.

Which of the following statements is correct in context of alcohol-based hand rub?

The time duration for surgical hand washing should be ________.

A nurse is planning to provide health education to a patient and his relatives regarding the appropriate action to be taken to prevent the spread of Infection while sneezing or coughing. Select all that the nurse must include in her health education plan?

A nurse is performing hand hygiene after providing care to a patient. The nurse’s hands are visibly soiled. Select all the steps that are correctly done by the nurse?

What is the time duration for medical hand washing using soap & water?

The advantages of alcohol hand rubs for hand hygiene and infection control are

Which of the following can be worn on the hands while providing patient care?