Universal Precautions Assessment

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Universal Precautions are actions that you take to place a barrier between yourself and potentially infected body fluids.

Blood and other body fluids can contain viruses and bacteria that cannot be passed on to another person through direct contact.

Infected blood can enter your system through which of the following?

What is an example of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)?

The proper way to remove used gloves is to pull down from the inside of the wrist and so that the gloves are inside out.

Handwashing is one of the most important (and easiest) practices to prevent the transmission of blood borne pathogens.

Good hand washing consists for briskly rubbing the front and back of your hands, fingers, and under your fingernails for how long?

If you find yourself in an area of potential exposure to body fluids, you should never eat or drink in that area.

While applying aloe to a person’s sunburn, you wore disposable gloves. Immediately after removing the gloves, you should wash your hands for 20 seconds.

Hepatitis Virus can survive in dried blood up to 7 days.

Universal Precautions Assessment

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