Office Infection Prevention presentation - KFL&A Public Health
Office Infection Prevention presentation - KFL&A Public Health
Office Infection Prevention presentation - KFL&A Public Health
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HOW TO PREVENT THE SPREAD OF<br />
INFLUENZA<br />
ONCE IT WALKS THROUGH<br />
YOUR FRONT DOOR<br />
Amanda Knapp BASc, CPHI(C),CIC<br />
<strong>Infection</strong> Control Practitioner<br />
KFL&A <strong>Public</strong> <strong>Health</strong>
• OFFICE TELEPHONE TRIAGE<br />
• DO YOU HAVE:<br />
• FEVER<br />
• NEW OR WORSENING<br />
COUGH<br />
• SHORTNESS OF BREATH<br />
• DIARRHEA/VOMITTING<br />
(CHILDREN)
• IF YES … TRY AND SCHEDULE FOR<br />
THE END OF THE DAY or LEAVE<br />
A BLOCK OF TIME AVAILABLE<br />
TO SEE THESE CLIENTS WHEN #’s<br />
INCREASE<br />
• ADVISE CLIENT THAT THEY WILL NEED TO PUT<br />
ON A MASK WHEN THEY ARRIVE AT THE OFFICE<br />
• ASK THEM TO SELF ISOLATE
• SET UP AN INFECTION PREVENTION STATION AT<br />
THE ENTRANCE WAY TO YOUR OFFICE<br />
• STOP SIGNS<br />
• ABHR (everyone)<br />
• MASKS<br />
• TISSUES<br />
• GARBAGE
• IF YOU CAN:<br />
• ASSIGN SOMEONE TO SIT BY THE ENTRANCE<br />
WAY AND SCREEN ALL CLIENTS<br />
• VOLUNTEER???
• WAITING AREA<br />
• SYMPTOMATIC CLIENTS<br />
SHOULD GO IMMEDIATELY<br />
INTO EXAMINTATION ROOM<br />
• HAVE SEGREGATED<br />
WAITING AREA FOR ILL<br />
CLIENTS<br />
- separate room (if possible)<br />
- 2 m distance between well<br />
and ill clients
• Remove children’s<br />
play area (or make this<br />
isolation area)<br />
• Remove books and<br />
magazines (touched by<br />
many hands and hard to clean)
• EXAMINATION ROOM:<br />
• IF ABLE, DESIGNATE ONE ROOM FOR INFLUENZA<br />
CLIENTS<br />
• HAVE ABHR MOUNTED ON WALL OF EXAM ROOM AND<br />
ASK CLIENT TO USE WHEN THEY ENTER THE ROOM<br />
• STAFF MUST USE APPROPRIATE PPE<br />
• PIDAC DOCUMENT ROUTINE PRACTICES AND ADDITIONAL<br />
PRECAUTIONS (AUSGUST 2009)<br />
• GOWNS, GLOVES, MASK AND GOGGLES (CHANGED BETWEEN EACH<br />
CLIENT)<br />
• ROOM MUST BE DISINFECTED BETWEEN CLIENTS<br />
(DISINFECTANT WIPES ARE HANDY)
• SHOPPING LIST:<br />
• LIQUID HAND SOAP<br />
• ABHR<br />
• EXAMINATION GLOVES (NONSTERILE)<br />
• PROCEDURE MAKS (FLUID RESISTANT)<br />
• N95 RESPIRATOR (FIT TESTED)<br />
• GOWNS<br />
• GOGGLES (REUSEABLE OR DISPOSABLE)<br />
• DISINFECTING WIPES<br />
CHECK YOUR “INFECTION CONTROL IN THE<br />
PHYSICIAN’S OFFICE” GUIDE (2004 EDITION)
• WWW.PIDAC.CA<br />
• ROUTINE PRACTICES AND ADDITIONAL<br />
PRECAUTIONS (AUGUST 2009)<br />
• THE ALL OF INFECTION CONTROL!<br />
• ALL STAFF<br />
• ALL CLIENTS<br />
• ALL THE TIME
• USE OF SOAP AND WATER OR ABHR<br />
• BEFORE AND AFTER EACH CLIENT CONTACT<br />
• BETWEEN DIRTY AND CLEAN PROCEDURES<br />
• AFTER REMOVING GLOVES<br />
• AFTER USING WASHROOM<br />
• AFTER SNEEZING OR COUGHING
• COVER YOUR COUGH OR SNEEZE<br />
• USE A TISSUE<br />
(MUST BE DISCARDED<br />
AFTER USE AND HANDS<br />
CLEANED)<br />
• COUGH OR SNEEZE<br />
INTO YOUR SLEEVE<br />
OR ELBOW
• PROMOTE:<br />
• INFLUENZA VACCINATION (SEASONAL AND PANDEMIC)<br />
• RESPIRATORY ETIQUETTE<br />
• FREQUENT AND THOROUGH HAND HYGIENE<br />
• FRI SCREENING<br />
• SUPPLIES (SHOPPING LIST)<br />
• STAFFING CONTINGENCY PLANS
Amanda Knapp BASc, CPHI(C),CIC<br />
<strong>Infection</strong> Control Practitioner<br />
Communicable Disease Team<br />
Tel: 613 549‐1232 ext 1200<br />
E‐mail: aknapp@kflapublichealth.ca
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