Table 1.
Definitions of infection prevention and control indications and their corresponding actions
Action for compliance | |
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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 |