Cultures and specimen collection
What color tube in mostly frequently used for CBC
What is Lavender
What color lab should be drawn first Per ACL
labs
Blood cultures then Light blue anticoagulation
True or False: Gloves are a substitute for hand hygiene and you do not need to decontaminate your hands after wearing gloves.
What is: False
This is the number one way to prevent the spread of nosocomial(hospital acquired) infections.
What is : HANDWASHING!!
True or False: Your are emptying trash in a patients room- do you need to change your gloves between EACH patient?
What is: TRUE! Nobody should EVER be in the halls with gloves on
Urine obtained and stored at room temperature must be processed within how many hours
What is Two
You should never leave a tourniquet on more than how many minutes
one
What PPE must be worn to enter a patients room in "Contact" Precautions?
What is: gown and gloves
The length of time you must lather your hands with soap
What is 15 seconds
True or False: Computer key boards and telephones have more germs on them than Public toilets
What is True
What type of swab do you use to collect a wound culture
What is anaerobic- will pick up aerobic and anaerobic growth
How many hours do you have to spin blood tube after it is drawn
2 hours
What PPE must be worn to enter a patients room in "Droplet" precautions?
What is : a mask
True or False: Hand Sanitizer is: -effective only if applied and rubbed in thoroughly -Made with 60% alcohol -Applied before and after patient contact , and each glove use
What is True
What you should do if a patient comes in and is coughing and sneezing
What is : give them a mask (education on hand hygiene also PLEASE)
When obtaining a blood culture how many set of cultures should be obtained?
What it two
how many times should you invert the serum separator tube red/gold ?
what is 5 inversions
Type of precautions used for a patient with TB or chicken pox
What is: Airborne
True or False: I just came out of a c'diff patients room, I do not need to wash my hands. I only emptied trash and did not touch the patient
What is: FALSE- c'diff will be on EVERY object
True or False: Recapping needles is prohibited
What is: TRUE
When obtaining a stool sample for C-Diff we should not send what type of stool
What is Formed
How long do you need to spin the Gold serum Gel tube
15-30 minutes
If a patient has c'difficile, how do you decontaminate your hands?
What is: You must use soap and water, NOT alcohol hand sanitizer
The correct way to wash your hands
What is: turn on the faucet, wet hands, apply soap, lather/scrub minimum 15 seconds, rinse hands, dry with paper towel, use paper towel to turn off faucet, use the paper towel to exit the room.
3 Common Blood Borne pathogens contracted from needle sticks
What is : Hepatitis B, C and HIV