Influenza and Immunizations
True or False:
The Hepatitis B vaccine works by making antibodies that helps fight off the infection if a person is exposed to the hepatitis B virus in the future.
What is:
TRUE
True or False:
Gloves are a substitute for hand hygiene.
What is:
FALSE - FALSE - FALSE - FALSE
This is the number one way to prevent the spread of hospital acquired infections (HAI's).
What is :
HANDWASHING!!
What cleaning agent is used in the daily and terminal cleaning of patients that have C DIFF?
What is :
BLEACH (10%)
True or False:
Your are emptying trash in a patients room - You need to change your gloves between EACH patient.
What is:
TRUE!
All PPE used in one room needs to be removed in that room.
Gloves should not be worn in the halls.
True or False:
Vomiting, diarrhea, and nausea are signs of influenza, also known as "the flu"
What is:
FALSE
Influenza is an infection in the lungs not the gut!
What PPE must be worn to enter a patients room in "Contact" Precautions?
What is:
Gown and gloves
What is the recommended length of time for washing your hands with soap and water?
What is:
15 seconds
True or False:
Alcohol hand sanitizer can kill C Diff.
What is:
FALSE
Alcohol hand sanitizer does not kill spores
C Diff is a spore
True or False:
Computer key boards and telephones have more germs on them than public toilets
What is :
TRUE
True or False:
Influenza viruses circulate all year long. Influenza activity peaks in the United States between December and February (but activity can last as late as May)
What is:
TRUE
What PPE must be worn to enter a patients room in "Droplet" precautions:
What is :
Mask
True or False:
Hand Sanitizer is effective when:
1. Applied and rubbed in thoroughly
2. Made with at least 60% alcohol
3. Applied before and after patient contact
4. Applied before and after each glove use
What is:
TRUE
What skin infection is suspected when a patient comes in and says "I got bit by a spider"?
What is :
MRSA
What should you do if a visitor comes in to your patients room and they don't look well and are coughing and sneezing?
What is :
Encourage (politely) the visitor to return when they are feeling better - offer them a mask to protect others as they leave the hospital.
You have been diagnosed with influenza. Your first symptom appeared on Saturday.
When can you return to work?
What is : You can NOT work for 5 days after symptoms of influenza first appear.
For example: symptoms started Saturday - this is considered Day 1. Wednesday would be Day 5.
You may return to work on Thursday, (Day 6) as long as you no longer have symptoms.
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 only emptied trash and did not touch the patient. I do not need to wash my hands.
What is:
FALSE
C Diff can be on EVERY object in the room
True or False:
Antibiotic-resistant bacteria are called superbugs and they can cause severe bacterial infections that are extremely difficult to treat.
What is:
TRUE
Each year, superbugs infect more than 2 million people and kill at least 23,000 people nationwide.
True or False:
Recapping needles is prohibited at VDMC
What is:
TRUE
What are signs and symptoms of influenza?
1) fever, 2) headache, 3) extreme tiredness, 4) dry cough, 5) sore throat, 6) runny or stuffy nose, 7) muscle aches, 8) occasionally stomach symptoms
If a patient has C Diff, what do you need to use to clean your hands?
What is:
Soap and water is preferred.
True or False:
Washing your hands with soap and water is better for your skin than using alcohol foam or alcohol gel.
What is:
FALSE
Washing with alcohol foam or gel is more gentle on your skin than soap and water as they contain skin softeners (emollients) that help prevent drying.
Allergic contact dermatitis due to alcohol-based handrubs are extremely rare.
World Health Organization
True or False:
Bacterial superbugs are created when antibiotics are misused (taking them when you don't need them or not finishing all of your medicine).
What is:
TRUE
Over time, if more and more people take antibiotics when not necessary, drug-resistant bacteria can continue to thrive and spread.
What are the most 3 Common Bloodborne pathogens?
What is :
Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C and HIV