Infection Control
This is correct amount of time to wash your hands.
What is 20 seconds?
A patient should be repositioned this often.
What is every 2 hours?
A capillary puncture is done here.
What is the side of the third or fourth finger?
This blood test must be drawn first because it is sterile.
What is a blood culture?
Describe how to invert a tube.
What is flipping the tube up and down slowly?
This the PPE that is removed last.
What is a face mask?
This device helps prevent only the formation of blood clots in the legs.
What are SCDs?
Place the patient in this position during post-mortem care?
What is supine?
This is the correct order of venipuncture draw.
1. sterile
2. light blue
3. red
4. SST
5. PST
6. green
7. lavender
8. gray
These blood tests need to be wrapped in foil to protect them from light.
What is bilirubin and folate?
This destroys all pathogens and their spores completely.
What is sterilization?
After an abdominal procedure, a patient should do this action during respiratory care to reduce discomfort.
What is hold a pillow over the incision?
This is a condition that a patient develops when they give too much blood in a short period of time.
What is iatrogenic anemia?
Using the correct order of draw eliminates this problem.
What is additive contamination?
This is the room temperature for laboratory purposes.
What is 71.6 degrees F?
This organization requires all employers provide SSDs for their employees.
What is OSHA?
This is when a patient's affected leg can only touch the floor for balance.
What is touch-down weight bearing?
The five rights of delegation.
What is right circumstances, right task, right person, right direction, and right supervision?
This is the additive in a lavender tube.
What is EDTA?
Tubes of equal volume must be placed across from each other in this to maintain balance.
What is a centrifuge?
This is the correct mode of transmission.
1. Infectious Agent
2. Reservoir
3. Portal of Exit
4. Mode of Transmission
5. Portal of Entry
6. Susceptible Host
Bath water should be in this range of temperature.
98.6 to 115 degrees Fahrenheit
This is how many times you invert a light blue tube.
What is 3-4 times?
Sodium citrate is found in this color tube.
What is light blue?
This is above both the white and red blood cells when a blood test is centrifuged.
What is plasma?