Table 4 STEP 2: Using the following Table, identify the patient risk groups affected by the activity. If more than one risk group will be affected, select the higher risk group. RISK GROUPS. IDENTIFY PATIENT AT RISK (circle area involved)
From: APSIC Guidelines for environmental cleaning and decontamination
LOW RISK | MEDIUM RISK | HIGH RISK | HIGHER RISK |
• All office area • Nonclinical areas | ▪ Admitting Unit ▪ Outpatient Areas ▪ Food prep areas ▪ Radiology ▪ Nuclear Medicine ▪ MRI ▪ Endoscopy Unit ▪ Outpatient Physical Therapy (Rehab) ▪ Psychiatric Services (outpatient) ▪ Cardiology services (outpatient) | ▪ Trauma & Emergency Department ▪ Labor & Delivery Ward ▪ Pediatrics Wards ▪ Pharmacy ▪ Newborn Nursery ▪ Clinical Pathology ▪ Day Care Surgery ▪ Central Stores ▪ Laboratories ▪ Medical Units ▪ Surgical Units ▪ Hemodialysis Unit | ▪ Bone Marrow Transplant Unit ▪ Burn Intensive Care Unit ▪ Cardiac Cath Lab ▪ Pharmacy Sterile Unit ▪ Operating Rooms ▪ Negative Air / Positive Air Pressure Rooms ▪ Isolation Rooms (in all wards/ Units) ▪ Intensive Care Units ▪ Cardiac Intensive Care Unit ▪ Dialysis Unit ▪ PICU ▪ CSSD ▪ Oncology Ward ▪ Any area / ward / unit caring for immunocompromised patients |