Nursing Process

Assessment
- Identify appropriate times for hand washing
- Identify type of protective clothing required for barrier nursing.
- Identify epidemiology of the disease to determine how to prevent infection from spreading.
- Identify equipment needed to prevent spread of organisms
- Assess method of terminal cleaning and disposing equipment.
- Assess method of hand washing that is most appropriate for assigned task.
- Identify clients at risk for infection
- Assess availability of equipment for frequent hand washing.
- Evaluate health status of the nurse
- Check agency policy for hand washing protocol
- Assess need for use of unsterile gloves
- Assess nurses and clients for latex allergies
- Assess need for laterx-free equipment and/or environment.

Planning/Objective
- To prevent the spread of endogenous and exogenous flora to other client.
- To reduce potential for transforming organisms from the hospital environment to the clients from acquiring nosocomial infections.
- To deliver client care with pathogen-free hands.
- To prevent pathogenic microorganisms spreading from client to client, environment or health care personnel to client.
- To prevent health care workers from contamination.

Implementation
- Preparation for isolation
- Donning and removing isolation attire
- Using a mask
- Assessing vital signs
- Removing items from isolation room
- Utilizing double-bagging for isolation
- Removing a specimen from isolation room
- Transporting isolation client outside the room
- Removing soiled large equipment from isolation room
- Hand washing (Medical asepsis)
- For using Waterless Antiseptic Agents
- Cleaning Washable Articles
- Donning (putting on) and Removing clean Gloves
- Managing Latex Allergies

Evaluation/Expected Outcomes
- Isolation environment is maintained to prevent contamination of surrounding area.
- Personnel working with isolation clients remain free of infection.
- Infection is prevented from spreading from person to person, person to environment and vice versa.
- Cross-contamination is prevented from patient to health personnel, client to client from staff to patient.
- Health care workers are protected from infection
- Infection is prevented from spreading from person to person, person to environment and vice versa.
- Cross-contamination is prevented from patient to health personnel, client to client from staff to patient.
- Health care workers are protected from infection