Hand Hygiene
This method of hand hygiene is used when hands are not visibly soiled
What is Alcohol Based Hand Rub?
This term describes bacteria resistant to multiple antibiotics
What are Multiple Drug Resistant Organisms?
These are worn when touching bodily fluids
What are gloves?
This is where germs live and grow
What is a Reservoir?
You are about to assist a resident with eating. What should you do first?
What is hand hygiene?
How long should the handwashing process take?
What is 40 to 60 seconds?
This is the most common way MDROs spread in healthcare
Hands (contact)
These three items are required for droplet precautions.
What are mask, gown, and gloves?
This is how germs travel from one person to another
You just exited a resident's room after helping reposition them. Your hands are not visibly soiled. What is the appropriate method of hand hygiene?
What is using alcohol based hand rub?
What is the most important infection control measure?
What is handwashing?
What is gown and gloves?
This should be done immediately after wearing gloves
What is hand hygiene?
This is the place where germs enter the body
What is the Portal of Entry?
Three residents on the same hall develop diarrhea within 24 hours. What do you do?
This is the minimum amount of time alcohol based hand rub should be rubbed into the hands
What is 15-20 seconds?
Can someone with Carbapenamase Klebsiella leave their room?
What is yes?
PPE is used to break this part of the chain of infection
Whose responsibility is it to take infection control measures?
Who is Everyone?
A surveyor observes a C.N.A. remove gloves and immediately adjust their glasses without washing hands. What deficiency could this lead to?
What is infection control/hand hygiene non-compliance?
Name three times hand hygiene must be performed during resident care
What is before contact, after contact, after bodily fluids, after removing gloves
A resident with an MDRO uses a blood pressure cuff. What must you do before the next resident uses it?
What is clean and disinfect the equipment?
What should you wear when working with someone on contact precautions?
What is gown and gloves?
Name all 6 parts of the chain of infection
What is the Infectious Agent, Reservoir, Portal of Exit, Mode of Transmission, Portal of Entry, and Susceptible Host?
You are collecting a resident's soiled bedding from the room. What is the proper procedure to prevent spread of germs?
What is wear gloves, avoid shaking the laundry, place in a bag, perform hand hygiene afterwards?