(Solved): A healthcare worker performs hand hygiene, don gloves and enters a patient room to empty the urinal. ...

A healthcare worker performs hand hygiene, don gloves and enters a patient room to empty the urinal. The patient in the next bed then asks the healthcare worker for help by getting his/her phone. What should the healthcare worker do? a) Grab the phone from the bedside table and give it to the patient. b) Remove gloves, grab the phone and give it to the patient. c) Remove gloves, perform hand hygiene, grab the phone from the table and give it to the patient. d) Don a new set of gloves, grab the phone and give it to the patient. The healthcare worker is about to enter a room of a patient who is not on transmission-based precautions (isolation precautions). What PPE is the health care worker required to wear? a) Surgical mask and eye protection b) N95 respirator and eye protection c) Surgical mask d) N95 mask

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False. When hands are visibility soiled, it is O.K. to use hand sanitizer, as long as the hands look clean. How do you clean your work station or a medical equipment? a) Follow Instructions for use (IFU) if one is available, and use correct disinfecting wipes for the correct contact time/ dry time. b) Clean it with damp paper towels. c) There is no need to clean work station or medical equipment, as housekeeping will do it routinely. d) Can clean with any wipes available.