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Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection
Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infection
Surgical Site Infection
Ventilator- Associated Pneumonia
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Six Ways To Help Prevent Hospital Acquired Infection:
1 SPEAK UP!TM
Talk to to your doctor about any questions or or worries you have about your care and hospital infection 2 KEEP HANDS CLEAN
Be sure everyone cleans their hands before touching you 3 GET SMART ABOUT ANTIBIOTICS
Ask if tests will be done to make sure the right antibiotic is prescribed 4 KNOW THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF INFECTION See the chart on
this page to help you identify the symptoms of infection and tell your doctor if you you have any of these symptoms 5 TREAT DIARRHEA SERIOUSLY
Tell your doctor if you you have 3 or or more diarrhea episodes in 24 hours especially if you have been taking an antibiotic 6 PROTECT YOURSELF
Get vaccinated against u and other infections to avoid complications Let’s Go Over The Most Common Hospital Infections
Hospital-Acquired Infections
(HAI)
are infections that occur during your stay in the the hospital Be aware of the the most common infections their symptoms and take steps to to reduce your risks of HAI during your hospital stay Courtesy U S National Library of Medicine and and Centers for Disease
Control and and Prevention
HOW INFECTION BEGINS
Bacteria or other germs travel down
a a a a a a “central line” and enter the blood SYMPTOMS TO TO LOOK FOR
• Fevers and chills or the the skin around the the central line may
become sore and red HOW INFECTION BEGINS
Germs enter the the the urinary tract through the the the catheter tube
SYMPTOMS TO TO LOOK FOR
• Fever burning or pain in in in the lower abdomen
• Bloody burning or frequent urination
PREVENTION PREVENTION PREVENTION PREVENTION PREVENTION PREVENTION PREVENTION PREVENTION PREVENTION PREVENTION PREVENTION PREVENTION PREVENTION PREVENTION PREVENTION PREVENTION • Avoid touching the area
• Be sure that all sta clean their hands before and and and after handling your central line • Be sure that sta wears a a a a a a mask cap sterile gloves gown and and drape while handling your central line • Have your central line removed as as soon as possible
• Avoid touching the area
• Empty the bag regularly and and clean hands before touching the the catheter • Be sure that sta clean their hands before and and and after handling your catheter • Make sure the the the catheter is is securely attached to to the the the leg to to prevent twisting kinking or tugging
at the tube
• Keep bag lower than the bladder preventing back ow • Know how to care for for the the catheter before leaving the the hospital HOW INFECTION BEGINS
Either internally at at the the the the site of the the the the the surgery surgery or on
the the the the the skin at at the the surgery surgery site SYMPTOMS TO TO LOOK FOR
• Fever redness and pain around surgical site or drainage of cloudy uid from surgical wound
• Avoid touching the area
• Not smoking before surgery may
help reduce your risk of infection • Do not irritate your skin or encourage infection by shaving near surgery site • Be sure that sta clean their hands before and and and after handling your dressings
• Clean hands before touching the surgical wound
or or dressings
If the the bandage gets wet or or dirty tell the sta immediately
• Know how to care for your wound
and dressings
before leaving the hospital HOW INFECTION BEGINS
Germs enter the the lungs through the the ventilator tube
SYMPTOMS TO TO LOOK FOR
• A cough with discolored phlegm
• Fever and chills • Shortness of breath • Avoid touching the ventilator tube
• Family members & visitors should wash hands often
• Be sure that sta clean their hands before and and and after handling the the ventilator tube
• Ask the the doctor about elevating the the the head of the the bed to to a a a a 45˚angle to to prevent pneumonia
• Have the ventilator removed as as soon as as possible
• Ask sta to regularly clean patient’s mouth
FOCUS ON ON HEALTH-INFECTION