感染预防

手卫生 & 感染预防

罹患卫生保健相关感染病, 哪些会在血液中发生, 外科网站, 肺或尿, are a major but preventable threat to patient safety. 保护我们的病人, visitors and staff is a top priority for UCLA, and our goal is to have zero healthcare-associated infections. To ensure we do our best to prevent infections in patients, 工作人员及访客, 我们采取了一些预防措施. We invite you to partner with us and participate in these prevention efforts.

我们正在做的事情

手卫生

The most important way we prevent healthcare-associated infections is by washing our hands. Healthcare workers and visitors should wash their hands on entering and after leaving the patient room. Hand washing may be done with alcohol hand rub or antibacterial soap and water — both are acceptable.

皮肤清洁

病菌(细菌)，如S. 葡萄球菌(“金黄色葡萄球菌,” including methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, 被称为MRSA)存活在我们的皮肤上. 保护病人免受感染, we apply a cleansing bath treatment (chlorhexidine gluconate also known as CHG) to the skin daily to appropriate patients.

隔离预防措施

Depending on the symptoms or infection(s) you have, our healthcare workers will at times need to use gowns, gloves and/or masks when they enter your room to help stop the spread of germs. You will have a sign on your door if healthcare workers need to use these special “isolation precautions,” and your team will explain this to you. Your visitors may also be required to use these precautions. The four main isolation precaution types include:

  • Contact isolation (RED sign): gloves and gowns
  • Contact-spore isolation (PINK sign): gloves and gowns
  • Droplet isolation (ORANGE sign): surgical mask
  • Airborne isolation (GREEN sign): special respirator mask (N95)

所有这些隔离措施, it is important to wash your hands when you enter the room and when you leave the room.

侵入性设备

If you have a urine or blood catheter in place, your healthcare team takes special precautions to keep your catheters infection-free. They have special procedures for placing and maintaining the catheter, will frequently assess the catheter site for symptoms of infection and will remove it as soon as possible. If you have questions about how long you will need these devices, ask your team.

你的环境

To keep you safe from the germs that live in the environment, 包括医院设备, our Environmental Services workers will clean your room every day, providing your medical condition permits. They will sometimes use ultraviolet (UV) light to disinfect rooms after patients leave the hospital.

你能做什么

You and your visitors play an important role in preventing the spread of germs.

病人和访客洗手

Washing your hands is the best way to kill germs and stop the spread of infections. You should wash your hands after using the bathroom, after touching a bandage and before eating. Your visitors should also wash their hands with alcohol hand rub or soap and water before entering and after leaving your room, and after touching body fluids or bandages. If you are on “droplet” or “airborne” isolation precautions, please make sure your visitors follow instructions about wearing either a surgical mask or a special respirator mask (N95). Ask your nurse or physician if you have any questions.

感染预防

如何洗手

You can use either the provided alcohol hand rub or the provided soap and water. The alcohol hand rub is very effective for hand washing and should be rubbed until your hands are dry. Soap and water is preferred when your hands are visibly soiled or if you have C. 困难的(C. diff)腹泻. When you wash your hands with soap and water, 擦洗15秒, making sure you wash your fingertips and between your fingers.

Other ways to prevent healthcare-associated infections

  • You are a member of your healthcare team. 如果你有顾虑就说出来!
  • Keep your room clean and free of clutter. If your room looks dirty, ask to have it cleaned.
  • If you have a blood or urine catheter, ask your healthcare team if you still need it.
  • Please ask friends and family with a fever, 咳嗽, runny nose or cold symptoms not to visit while they are sick.
  • Remind your visitors to get vaccinated against the flu and other infections.

If you have a concern, feel free to ask the following or any other questions:

If you have not seen your healthcare workers wash their hands with the alcohol hand rub or soap and water, 请他们这样做.
“我没看见你洗手. 请洗一洗.”

If you have a catheter in your vein or bladder, tell your nurse if it becomes loose or painful. Also ask each day when it can be removed.
“我今天还需要导尿管吗?? 为什么?”

Ask your provider if you need any shots or vaccines.
“Should I be receiving any shots or vaccines to protect me during my stay or after I go home?”

If you think that your room or the equipment in your room looks dirty, ask to have it cleaned.
“这看起来很脏。. 有人能帮我打扫一下吗?”

If you have a bandage (also called a “dressing”), 如果弄湿了，告诉你的护士, 血腥的, 松弛或感觉不舒服.
“你能检查一下我的绷带吗??”