Standard Precaution
For
Infection Control
Dr. samar allam
Clinical microbiology & immunology
Infection control specialist
NLI
standard Precautions are the minimum infection
prevention practices that apply to all patient care,
regardless of suspected or confirmed infection status
of the patient, in any setting where health care is
delivered
components
Hand hygiene.
Use of personal protective equipment
Respiratory hygiene / cough etiquette.
Sharps safety
Safe injection practices
Waste disposal
Clean and disinfected environmental surfaces.
Hand hygiene
The most common mode of transmission of
pathogens is via hands.
FIVE MOMENTS OF HAND
HYGIENE
Methods
1. Washing by soap and water.
2. Alcoholic hand rub after dirt removal.
3. Surgical hand scrub before surgery.
Personal protective equipment
▪ Equipments used to protect person during deals
with patient or its towels or secretions, or body
fluids
▪ Choice of PPE depends on type of infection between
patient and health care worker and type of disease
transmission
▪ E.g. gloves, gown, surgical mask, goggles face shield,
eye protector glasses.
▪ Disposable PPE must be discarded in biohozand
bags
Needle stick and sharps injury
prevention
Used needle should be discarded immediately and
not recapped, or cut, removed from syringe.
Any needles or sharps should be places in a leak
proof puncture resistant container.
The container to be filed to 2/3 only not more than
discarded as biohazard label.
Environmental cleaning
Removal of dirt, organic mater.
Use detergent, disinfection.
Allow air to dry the area or item
Respiratory hygiene:
Respiratory hygiene:
• Cover nose, mouth during cough, sneeze with tissue
or upper sleeve
• Discard tissue with respiratory secretion
• Wear surgical mask in contact with patient with
respiratory disease
Waste disposal
Safety boxes resistant for puncture and leak are used
then when filled to 2/3 they are transported after
closing and labeling as biohazard material to be
discarded.
Other disposable PPE, b body, body fluid polluted
items are discarded in biohazard bags resistant to leaks
and puncture and labeled to be discarded.
Safe injection practice
Use new needle and syringe in every medication
vial.
Skin at site of injection is rubbed by antiseptic.
Preparation of medicine in a clean areas.
Medication vials septum are disinfected before use.
Wear disposal gloves during injection.
New needle and syringe for every patient.
Use a medication vials for one patient only if
possible.
Don’t use the same syringes between patients
even you changed the needle.
Don’t use the same syringes used to infuse medication
into an IV tubing port for anther patients.
Hand hygiene during injection and medication
preparation.
Needles, syringes are discarded into sharp
containers as biohazard.
THANK YOU
