Infection Events
True or False
PPE
Isolation Precautions
Potpourri
100
Specialized clothing or equipment worn by an employee for protection against infecious materials
What is Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)?
100
True or False. Wearing gloves replaces the need for hand hygiene.
What is FALSE? (Wearing gloves does NOT replace the need for hand hygiene.)
100
This task is done prior to donning any PPE.
What is hand hygiene?
100
This organism, which is found on skin, in the mucous membranes of the nose, respiratory tract and GI tract, is spread by contact........... requiring CONTACT precautions.
What is MRSA?
100
This is the easiest and simplest way to prevent the spread of infection.
What is hand hygiene?
200
Part of this involves instructing symptomatic persons to cover their mouth/nose when sneezing/coughing
What is Respiratory hygiene/cough etiquette?
200
True or False. One of out 100 patients will develop a healthcare associated infection.
What is FALSE? (one of out 20 patients will)
200
This is first in the sequence of donning PPE.
What is a gown?
200
Type of precautions used for Influenza
What are DROPLET precautions?
200
True or False. Healthcare Workers can protect themselves from Hepatitis C by getting the Hep C vaccine available from Employee Health.
What is FALSE? (There is currently no vaccine available for Hepatitis C.)
300
Appropriate places for eating and drinking is one example of these
What are Work Practice Controls?
300
According to WPAHS Hand Hygiene policy, HCW will either touch the patient or the patient's environment 50% of the time upon entering a patient room.
What is FALSE? (90% of the time)
300
In the sequence of removing PPE, this item, the most contaminated, comes off first.
What are gloves?
300
Type of precautions for HIV or Hepatitis
What are STANDARD precautions?
300
This is worn by the Healthcare Worker for respiratory protection when caring for someone who has influenza.
What is a surgical mask?
400
Technology and devices used to isolate or remove risk from employees and help prevent exposure to blood/body fluid
What are ENGINEERING Controls?
400
Airborne isolation requires the patient to be placed in a positive pressure room.
What is FALSE? (negative pressure)
400
This virus carries the highest risk of infection following a needlestick or sharp injury with blood contaminated by that virus.
What is Hepatitis B? (30%)
400
A patient from China presents with persistent cough, weight loss, night sweats, fever and fatigue. The patient is placed in airborne isolation to rule out this disease.
What is tuberculosis?
400
After applying soap and lathering well, this is the amount of time you should vigorously rub together all surfaces of lathered hands.
What is 15 seconds?
500
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration published the Occupational Exposure to Bloodborne Pathogens standard in 1991 because of a significant health risk associated with exposure to viruses and other microorganisms that cause bloodborne diseases. Of primary concern are these three viruses.
What are Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C and HIV?
500
Only a surgical mask is required when entering the room of a patient in DROPLET precautions.
What is TRUE?
500
For patients in airborne isolation, this device is used to provide respiratory protection.
What is a PAPR (Powered Air Purifying Respirator)?
500
Isolation precautions fall into two general categories: Standard and ___________ ?
What is Transmission based?
500
The first documented study of hand hygiene is credited to this Austrian physician in the 1840's.
Who is Semmelweis?
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