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M <br />GENERAL ISOLATION PROCEDURES (Continued) <br />b. Do not reuse masks. <br />C. Remove masks when leaving rooms and discard immediately. <br />d. Residents with airborne diseases should wear masks when <br />away from their rooms. <br />11. Gloves are worn when hands may be exposed to pathogens. <br />a. You still must wash your hands when using gloves. <br />b.' Gloves are worn when changing the dressing of a wound with <br />purulent drainage. <br />C. Gloves are worn when caring for incontinent residents with <br />infections of the gastrointestinal tract. <br />d. Gloves are worn when disposing of body waste from a <br />resident on enteric precautions. <br />e. Use disposable nonsterile gloves unless sterile techniques <br />are required. <br />f. Remove gloves and discard in wastebasket before leaving <br />the resident's room. <br />12. Body wastes and discharges may be disposed of directly into <br />the toilet. <br />a. It is preferable to use a single room with a toilet, <br />especially if residents are on enteric or hepatitis <br />precautions. <br />b. A common toilet may be used if the resident no longer has <br />diarrhea or follows careful handwashing before and after <br />toilet use. <br />13. infected secretions and drainage should be disposed of with <br />proper care. <br />a. Residents should know to cough and expectorate into paper <br />tissues. <br />b. A paper bag or wastebasket should be used for tissue <br />disposal. <br />C. Barge amounts of infectious drainage should be discarded <br />in the hopper or toilet. <br />(continued) <br />