Importance of Respiratory Etiquette

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What is Respiratory Hygiene/Cough Etiquette?

These are infection prevention measures designed to limit the transmission of respiratory pathogens spread by droplet or airborne routes.

What should a health organisation do about respiratory etiquette?

A Health Organisation should encourage and enable patients, visitors and Health Workers to perform respiratory hygiene and cough etiquette and provide appropriate resources to support these behaviours. The following measures to contain respiratory secretions are recommended for all individuals;

Why is respiratory etiquette important during invasive clinical procedures?

Respiratory hygiene and cough etiquette are particularly important for patients on droplet precautions (see Section 3.2.3). Aseptic technique protects patients during invasive clinical procedures by employing infection control measures that minimise, as far as practicably possible, the presence of pathogenic microorganisms.

What is Cough Etiquette?

Cough etiquette is a series of actions to take if you are coughing or sneezing, which are designed to reduce the spread of respiratory illness to others. Why is cough etiquette so important? Colds and flu have the ability to spread easily via the transmission of the germs through the air, carried on droplets.

How do you educate patients about respiratory etiquette?

Practices need to consider how they educate patients about respiratory etiquette. disposing of used tissues in the nearest bin rather than storing in a pocket/ handbag for future use, or postponed disposal encouraging all patients to wear a mask at your practice. Did you know you can now log your CPD with a click of a button?

What are the benefits of respiratory etiquette?

• Respiratory Etiquettewill help stop the spread of disease by ‘respiratory droplets’. • Respiratory Etiquettewill help to protect you and your loved ones from getting sick, or causing others to get sick. Hand Hygiene Did you know... Colds and the Flu are mostly spread via the hands!

What Is Respiratory Etiquette

1. https://www.cdc.gov/oralhealth/infectioncontrol/faqs/respiratory-hygiene.html
2. https://health.clevelandclinic.org/cough-etiquette-why-its-so-important
3. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7120096/
4. https://www.sahealth.sa.gov.au/wps/wcm/connect/440ce9004ff8e4298458bf4826472d56/wwc-QA-cough-etiquette-phcs-ics-20071210.pdf?MOD=AJPERES
5. https://www.cec.health.nsw.gov.au/keep-patients-safe/infection-prevention-and-control/infection-prevention-and-control-precautions
6. https://www.health.vic.gov.au/covid-19-infection-prevention-control-guidelines/standard-and-transmission-based-precautions
7. https://www.health.nsw.gov.au/pandemic/Publications/cough-etiquette.pdf
8. https://www.nhmrc.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/attachments/publications/infections-control-guidelines.pdf
9. https://healthinfo.healthengine.com.au/cough-and-sneeze-etiquette

Respiratory Etiquette Information

1. https://www.safetyandquality.gov.au/standards/primary-and-community-healthcare/guide-primary-and-community-healthcare-standards/clinical-safety-standard/preventing-and-controlling-infection
2. https://www.racgp.org.au/running-a-practice/practice-resources/practice-tools/test-toolkit/test-guideline-cover-page/guideline-1-section-2/respiratory-etiquette
3. https://www.health.gov.au/resources/videos/how-to-wear-a-mask?language=en
4. https://infectioncontrol.grampianshealth.org.au/images/Infection_Control/RICPRAC/RICPRAC-2018---Respiratory-Etiquette-Brochure-_5-Edition.pdf