National Patient Safety Goal: Prevention of HAIs

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  1. 2. Health care–associated infections (HAIs) are a patient ________ issue due to the millions of people that acquire an infection while receiving care, treatment, and services in a health care organization.
  2. 4. One of the most important ways to address HAIs is by improving the ________ hygiene of health care staff.
  3. 5. Hand hygiene, contact ________, as well as cleaning and disinfecting patient care equipment and the patient’s environment are essential strategies for preventing the spread of health care–associated infections.
  4. 7. Implement evidence-based practices to ________ health care–associated infections due to multidrug-resistant organisms in acute care hospitals.
  5. 9. Perform hand hygiene prior to ________ insertion or manipulation.
  6. 10. Use a catheter checklist and a standardized protocol for central venous catheter ________.
Down
  1. 1. Use a standardized protocol to ________ catheter hubs and injection ports before accessing the ports.
  2. 3. Use an antiseptic for ________ preparation during central venous catheter insertion.
  3. 6. In addition to staff development, educate patients (and their families) who are infected or colonized with a multidrug-resistant organism about health care–associated ________ prevention strategies.
  4. 8. For adult patients, do not insert catheters into the ________ vein unless other sites are unavailable.
  5. 9. Use a standardized supply cart or kit that contains all necessary components for the insertion of ________ venous catheters.
  6. 11. ________ all central venous catheters routinely and remove nonessential catheters.