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. 2020 May 6;8(6):e780–e789. doi: 10.1016/S2214-109X(20)30222-9

Table 1.

Definitions of infection prevention and control indications and their corresponding actions

Action for compliance
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