Barrier Nursing
The aim of barrier Nursing is to protect medical staff against infection by patients and also protect patients with highly infectious diseases from spreading their pathogens to other non-infected people. These precautions are implemented to prevent the spread of the germ.
The aim is to control and prevent the spread of infection.
Types of Nursing Barrier
- Contact precautions
- Droplet precautions
- Airborne precautions
- Respiratory hygiene
- Safe injection practice
- Use of aseptic technique inserting of catheter and injection
Barrier technique infection control
- Aseptic technique
- Isolation
- Safe handling and disposal
- Handling biological spills
- Waste disposal
- Environment cleaning
- Risk assessment
- Staff health
