Contact Isolation

CONTACT ISOLATION – this is prevention of diseases transmission through skin to skin contact. The nurse who are caring for these patients should use gloves upon entering the room. There is no need to use mask or gown. Then remove the gloves and wash hands before leaving the room.

Good handwashing

GOOD HANDWASHING is the best preventive method of transmitting diseases. A nurse should be experts on this and know how to use gloves and change gloves appropriately.

Just like when opening patient’s door, you enter the room, before you touch or care for the patient you should wash your hands. Then put on your gloves and you take care of the patient. After doing all the nursing care necessary you should change your gloves while you are still in the room. Then wash your hands before you exit.

Do it all over again in caring for other patients. This is so simple yet very effective in prevention of transmitting diseases but I am so sad to know that most nurses forgot this. As good nurse we should already master this very basic procedure.