Hand hygiene domain |
Before touching a patient |
Provider washed hands with soap or used alcohol hand rub and did not dry hands on reused towel or clothes |
After touching a patient |
As above |
Before a clean or aseptic procedure |
As above |
After exposure to body fluids |
As above |
Before injection or blood draw |
As above |
After injection or blood draw |
As above |
Glove use domain |
When carrying out intravenous injection, blood draw, wound cleaning, or dressing |
Gloves used |
For any other contact with body fluid, mucous membranes, or non-intact skin |
Gloves used |
When using gloves |
New gloves were used for each patient |
Disinfection of reusable equipment domain |
Before or after use of non-infrared thermometer |
Disinfected using rubbing alcohol or bleach |
Before or after use of otoscope |
As above |
Before or after use of stethoscope |
As above |
Waste management domain |
After using gloves |
Gloves discarded into waste bin |
After injection or blood draw that produced non-sharp infectious waste |
Swabs, cotton wool, test strips, and capillary tubes segregated into red or yellow waste bin with matching bag, or safety or improvised sharps container |
After a medical examination or procedure that produced infectious waste |
Swabs, gauze, cotton wool, and disposal tongue depressors segregated into red or yellow waste bin with matching bag |