Antibiotic Stewardship
Infection Prevention and Control
National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN)
Multidrug-resistant Organisms (MDRO)
HAI Team Trivia
100
This infection type accounts for the majority of inappropriate antibiotic prescriptions in the U.S.
What are acute respiratory tract infections?
100
When cleaning an area, the flow of work should go from:
a. clean areas to dirty areas
b. dirty areas to clean areas
c. either is fine depending on your cleaning product
What is b. dirty areas to clean areas?
100
This is the percentage of Oregon hospitals meeting all 7 core elements in 2024. (Hint: it was 98% in 2023)
What is 100%?
100
True or False: Antibiotic resistance can spread between different species of bacteria.
True
100
The percentage of HAI team members who started their OHA career during the COVID-19 pandemic
What is XX%
200
Based on Oregon outpatient claims data from 2018 to 2022, this Oregon county had the highest rate of antibiotic prescribing per visit for acute respiratory infections.
What is Douglas county? (Multnomah county had the lowest rate)
200
True or False: Oregon healthcare workers have higher influenza vaccination rates compared to those nationwide.
What is False?
(In Oregon we have seen a declining trend in our healthcare worker influenza vaccination rates with 54% vaccinated in the 2024 – 2025 season. Nationally 79% of hospital workers were vaccinated compared to 60% in OR, and 42% of nursing home workers were vaccinated compared to 30% in OR.)
200
This type of respiratory infection often involves multidrug-resistant pathogens due to the presence of an invasive device and prolonged antibiotic use.
What is ventilator-associated pneumonia
200
These team members do not live with a furry friend
Heather, Liz, Adel, Dat, Elizabeth (?), Val (?)
300
Since 2019 the same 3 states have maintained the lowest rates of outpatient antibiotic prescribing per person out of all 50 U.S. states. Name 2 of the 3 states.
What are Alaska, Oregon, and Washington?
300
When hands are visibly soiled, this method of cleaning should be used:
What is washing your hands with soap and water?
300
This is the year healthcare facilities began using the National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) to monitor patient safety. (Hint: This is the year Youtube was founded and Million Dollar Baby won the Academy Award for Best Picture)
What is 2005?
(Beginning in 2005 with just 300 hospitals, NHSN is now accessed by more than 170,000 users across 39,000 U.S. healthcare facilities.)
300
This is one of the five pathogens listed as an "Urgent Threat" in CDC's 2019 antibiotic resistant report.
What is Candida auris.
300
These three team members do NOT live in the PNW
Who are Mike, Angela, Lisa?
400
This percent of antibiotics prescribed in acute care hospitals are unnecessary or suboptimal.
What is 30%?
400
This is the amount of time a product has to be on a surface in order for it to be affective against germs.
What is contact time?
400
This healthcare facility type is required to report respiratory illness data to NHSN, including COVID-19, influenza, and RSV
What are skilled nursing facilities?
(Starting in 2025, they are required to report on resident vaccination status for COVID-19, influenza, and RSV, confirmed resident cases of COVID-19, influenza, and RSV (overall and by vaccination status), and hospitalized residents with confirmed cases of COVID-19, influenza, and RSV (overall and by vaccination status)).
400
This mobile genetic element is a loop of DNA that can be transferred between bacteria, leading to the proliferation of antimicrobial resistance.
What is a plasmid?
400
The team member(s) born in Oregon
Who is Liz (maybe Elizabeth, double check)
500
Penicillin was discovered in 1928 and first used to treat a human infection in 1941. In what year was the first penicillin-resistant infection identified?
What is 1942?
500
The series of actions that include: conducting hand hygiene, using personal protective equipment whenever needed, using respiratory hygiene/cough etiquette, following proper patient placement, following environmental infection control, following safe injection practices, handling textile and linens appropriately is called.
What are standard precautions?
500
Within 50, this is the number of healthcare-associated infections reported by Oregon hospitals in 2024
What is 970 (range 920 - 1020)?
500
This class of beta-lactam antibiotics are typically reserved as a “last resort” for the treatment of multidrug-resistant gram-negative organisms.
Carbapenems
500
These HAI Team members have lived in 5 or more states
Who are Mike, Roza, Therese, Pam, Heather, Kristen