The ongoing systematic collection, analysis and interpretation of outcome specific data.
What is surveillance?
100
Explains why the infection prevention program exists.
What is the mission statement?
100
Vaccination specifically recommended for healthcare personnel with close contact with infants.
What is Tdap?
100
Requires healthcare worker education for prevention of central line associated bloodstream infection.
What is The Joint Commission National Patient Safety Goal # 7?
100
Professional organization providing guidance for infection preventionists.
What is the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, Inc.
200
Usual presence of a disease in a given population or geographic area.
What is endemic?
200
Committee that provides guidance to CDC and influences IC practice guidelines.
What is Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee (HICPAC)?
200
Organization that recommends vaccinations for healthcare personnel.
What is Advisory Committee for Immunization Practices (ACIP)?
200
States that a log of all infections must be maintained.
What are CMS Conditions of Participation?
200
Requires the use of gown and gloves when entering the patient's room.
What is Contact Precautions?
300
An expression of a frequency of which an event occurs in a defined population per unit of time.
What is a rate?
300
Demographic, social and economic description of a facility's patient population.
What is scope of practice?
300
A new employee with undocumented response to the Hepatitis B vaccination series should be tested for immune response on this occasion.
What is exposure to blood and/or body fluids?
300
Requires hospitals to offer an annual influenza vaccination program to LIPs and staff.
What are The Joint Commission Infection Prevention Standards?
300
Manages the daily operation of the facility's infection prevention program.
What is the Infection Preventionist?
400
Process to prioritize indicators for surveillance.
What is a risk assessment?
400
Annual report that outlines activities and achievements of the infection prevention activites?
What is annual program evaluation?
400
Frequency of screening for tuberculosis exposure in medium risk inpatient settings.
What is annually?
400
As required by The Joint Commission, the infection prevention annual evaluation is to be reported to the individual or group that oversees this function.
What is the safety program?
400
Facilities where CMS has recently heightened infection prevention awareness.
What are Ambulatory Surgical Centers?
500
Monitoring items such as vaccination rates, hand hygiene compliance and isolation compliance.
What is process monitoring?
500
The major focus of the annual infection prevention activities report should be the impact of the program on these.
What are patient outcomes?
500
Percentage of healthcare personnel who work while ill with influenza like illness.
What is 76.6% (71% - 81%)?
500
These surveyors will expect to see multidose vials labeled with an expiration date of 28 days after opening.
What is The Joint Commission (TJC) and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)?
500
Demonstrates motivation and professional accomplishment.