Goals & Objectives Past and Present Issues of Infection Control ...
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Name: ______________________________Department/Institution:____________________________<br />
Renal Dialysis<br />
Contact hours – 0.75<br />
<strong>Goals</strong> & <strong>Objectives</strong><br />
Goal<br />
To increase the learner's underst<strong>and</strong>ing <strong>of</strong> infection control strategies for patients with<br />
impaired renal functioning.<br />
<strong>Objectives</strong><br />
• Describe the infection control issues w/ patients with various degrees <strong>of</strong> renal function.<br />
• Describe the infection control issues <strong>and</strong> measures taken with dialysis.<br />
Test<br />
1. The patients with renal failure may require peritoneal dialysis through Continous<br />
Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis (CAPD) or Continuous Cycling Peritoneal Dialysis<br />
(CCPD) but<br />
a. Should never go swimming.<br />
b. Should be taught sterile technique to access the catheter.<br />
c. May be allowed dump the dialysate fluid into the shared sink in a semi-private<br />
room.<br />
d. This may place them at an increase risk for chronic glomerulo-nephritis<br />
2. The patients with renal failure may require hemodialysis but<br />
a. This is only done in dialysis centers <strong>and</strong> not in the home setting<br />
b. This increases their risk to acquire a blood stream infection if asepsis is not used<br />
to access the line <strong>and</strong> safe medication h<strong>and</strong>ling practices are consistently used.<br />
c. This increases the risk to the patient to acquire influenza, pneumonia or shingles<br />
due to the ward like setting in the dialysis unit.<br />
d. This increases the risk to health care workers in the dialysis center to hepatitis C.<br />
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