The head of the dialysis room should identify the occurrence of outbreaks or epidemics of infectious diseases (IB). The occurrence of an outbreak should be reported to the infection control division or committee immediately. The infection control division or committee should closely examine the outbreak and provide the appropriate infection control measures to the dialysis room staff. Employees in the dialysis room should perform the infection control and prevention measures in cooperation with the infection control division or committee. If the healthcare facility does not have an infection control division or committee, the director of the healthcare facility may assume the same role. A rapid response system should be established for emergency situations such as epidemics and national disasters related to infectious diseases (IB, IC).įor all vascular accesses, aseptic techniques should be used for cannulation and catheter manipulation. The following is an example of how and when to perform hand hygiene during the hemodialysis process. When there is a patient with a mature arteriovenous fistula for hemodialysis, the employee should locate, inspect, and palpate the needle cannulation site after performing appropriate hand hygiene. After the inspection, hand hygiene should be performed before the preparation of the hemodialysis set and priming. When the hemodialysis machine is ready, the employee should perform hand hygiene before checking the vital signs of the patient.
CHAPTER 16 BLOOD BORNE PATHOGENS AND PRINCIPLES OF ASEPSIS SKIN
Then, the employee should perform hand hygiene and put on gloves before preparing the skin for cannulation. #CHAPTER 16 BLOOD BORNE PARHOGENS AND PRINCIPLES OF ASEPSIS SKIN# After performing the cannulation and connecting a hemodialysis line to the machine, the employee should put on gloves and perform hand hygiene. Throughout the hemodialysis process, the employee should perform additional hand hygiene before and after touching the patient or after touching equipment or items near the patient.Īfter cleaning the hemodialysis set and disposing the waste materials, the employee should perform hand hygiene. #CHAPTER 16 BLOOD BORNE PARHOGENS AND PRINCIPLES OF ASEPSIS SKIN#.
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