Infection Control & PPE
The recommended minimum duration for washing hands with soap and water.
What is 20 seconds?
The primary reason for performing a clean-catch urine collection.
What is to obtain a contamination-free urine sample?
The number of milliliters contained in one liter.
What is 1,000 mL?
The standard anatomical placement for 12-lead ECG lead V1.
What is the 4th intercostal space at the right sternal border?
The correct patient positioning during a nebulizer treatment.
What is sitting upright?
The proper sequence for donning PPE: Gown, Mask, Goggles, and then this final item.
What are gloves?
The optimal time of day to collect a sputum specimen.
What is early morning before eating?
Order: Gentamicin 80 mg IM. Available: 40 mg/mL. The volume in mL to administer.
What is 2 mL?
The wait time required before reading a point-of-care rapid strep test.
What is 5 minutes?
The recommended breath-hold duration after inhaling a dose from a metered-dose inhaler (MDI).
What is 10 seconds?
When doffing PPE, this item should always be removed first
What are gloves?
The specific portion of a wound that should be swabbed when gathering a culture specimen.
What is exudate or drainage?
Order: Digoxin 0.125 mg PO. Available: 0.25 mg/mL. The volume in mL to administer.
What is 0.5 mL?
Two common causes of artifactual interference on an ECG tracing.
What are patient movement and electrical interference?
Oxygen delivery rates between 1 and 6 liters per minute are classified as this type of flow.
What is low-flow oxygen?
The correct ratio of bleach to water used for cleaning up biological spills.
What is a 1:10 bleach solution?
The proper placement depth when collecting a nasopharyngeal swab.
What is inserting until resistance is met?
Order: Ampicillin 750 mg IM. Available: 500 mg/2 mL. The volume in mL to administer.
What is 3 mL?
Occult blood in a fecal specimen indicates hidden or microscopic bleeding, which may be caused by these conditions.
What are colorectal cancer, hemorrhoids, or peptic ulcers?
When performing peak flow testing, the patient should be standing and record the best result out of this many attempts.
What is 3 attempts?
The required technique for recapping a used needle.
What is NEVER recapping used needles?
Required on a specimen container label in addition to the collection date and time.
What are two patient identifiers?
Order: Ceftriaxone 1.5 g IM. Available: 2 g/10 mL. The volume in mL to administer.
What is 7.5 mL?
Standard anatomical landmark and position for placing 12-lead ECG lead V4.
What is the 5th intercostal space at the midclavicular line?
The patient action during spirometry that triggers test recording following maximum inhalation.
What is exhalation (exhaling forcefully/completely)?
The maximum recommended medication volume that can be safely administered in a single subcutaneous injection site.
What is 2 mL?
To ensure legal and clinical accuracy, these four core elements must always be documented in the medical record immediately following medication administration.
What are time, dose, route, and medication name/site?