Isolation measures for multi-drug resistant bacteria

In the hospital, we can smell the smell of disinfectant anytime and anywhere. A hospital is a place with many germs. In order to prevent cross infection, detailed disinfection work was carried out in every corner of the hospital. Doctors all carefully follow the seven-step hand washing method. In the operating room, disinfection standards are even more stringent. But we also know that some pathogens are highly resistant to drugs and are difficult to eliminate. So what are the isolation measures for multidrug-resistant bacteria?

1. Strengthen hand hygiene of medical staff.

Medical personnel should strictly follow hand hygiene standards when providing diagnosis, treatment and nursing services to patients. Medical personnel should perform hand hygiene before and after direct contact with patients, before and after performing diagnosis, treatment and nursing operations on patients, after contact with patients' body fluids or secretions, after removing gloves, after touching items used by patients, and when moving from a contaminated area of ​​the patient to a clean area to perform operations. When your hands are obviously contaminated, you should wash your hands; when there is no obvious contamination, you can use quick-drying hand sanitizer to disinfect your hands.

2. Strictly implement isolation measures.

Medical institutions should implement isolation measures for patients infected with multidrug-resistant bacteria and patients colonized with the disease. Single-room isolation is the preferred method, but patients infected with the same type of multidrug-resistant bacteria or patients colonized with the disease can also be placed in the same room. Patients with multidrug-resistant infections or colonization should not be placed in the same room with patients who are intubated, have deep venous catheters, have open wounds, or are immunosuppressed. When medical staff are performing diagnosis, treatment and nursing operations and are likely to come into contact with wounds, ulcers, mucous membranes, blood and body fluids, drainage fluids, secretions, sputum and feces of patients infected with multidrug-resistant bacteria or colonized with these bacteria, they should wear gloves and, if necessary, isolation gowns. After completing the diagnosis, treatment and nursing procedures for patients infected with multidrug-resistant bacteria or colonized patients, gloves and isolation gowns must be removed in a timely manner.

3. Strictly comply with aseptic technical operating procedures.

Medical personnel should strictly abide by aseptic technical operating procedures, especially when performing operations such as central venous catheterization, tracheotomy, endotracheal intubation, indwelling urinary catheterization, and drainage tube placement, to avoid contamination and reduce the risk of infection.

4. Strengthen the environmental sanitation management of hospitals.

Medical institutions should strengthen the sanitary management of the diagnosis and treatment environment. Wards that admit patients with multidrug-resistant bacteria infections and colonized patients should be cleaned and disinfected with special items. The surfaces of objects and equipment and facilities that patients frequently touch should be cleaned and wiped and disinfected every day. When an outbreak of multidrug-resistant bacteria occurs or is suspected, the frequency of cleaning and disinfection should be increased.