Infection Prevention

•No expired supplies/medications

• Personal protective equipment readily available to staff

• Implement isolation properly

• If your area receives patients with TB (or your staff treats them) you must be fit tested and know how to use the PPE correctly

• All trash, sharps and soiled linen is properly stored, and not filled more than ¾ full.

• Biomedical waste boxes are not overflowing and placed in the soiled utility room.

REFRIGERATORS:

• Dietary nourishments are dated and current

• No open containers (milk containers) or leftover food stored

• No unlabeled patient food in the patient

• Refrigerators are clean, defrosted

•Thermometers are in clinical refrigerators

• Refrigerators have daily temperature checks done on days of operations

• If a refrigerator temperature is out of range, the reason is noted, action taken is noted and temperature rechecked per policy

• No batteries stored

• Separate refrigerators for medications, specimens and food.