Infection Control
What is the most effective way to prevent the spread of infection?
What is hand hygiene?
This MDRO is resistant to methicillin
What is MRSA?
This type of pneumonia is acquired outside of healthcare settings.
What is community-acquired pneumonia?
Pyelonephritis is an infection of which organ?
What is the kidney?
Influenza primarily affects which body system?
What is the respiratory system?
COVID-19 is caused by which virus?
What is SARS-CoV-2?
Name the precautions required for a patient with Clostridioides difficile (C. diff).
What are contact precautions?
What does VRE stand for?
What is vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus?
Crackles heard on auscultation are most commonly associated with what lung infection?
What is pneumonia?
Common symptoms of pyelonephritis include fever, chills, and pain in which area?
What is the flank or back?
True or False: Antibiotics are the first-line treatment for the flu.
What is False?
Which diagnostic test detects active COVID-19 infection?
What is a PCR or rapid antigen test?
This PPE is essential when there’s a risk of splashes or sprays.
What is a face shield or goggles?
True or False: Antibiotic stewardship programs aim to reduce the spread of MDROs
What is True?
What vaccine can help prevent pneumococcal pneumonia in older adults?
What is the pneumococcal vaccine?
What common diagnostic test is used to identify pyelonephritis?
What is a urinalysis or urine culture?
Which class of antiviral drugs is commonly prescribed for influenza?
What are neuraminidase inhibitors?
Name one common symptom of COVID-19.
What is fever, cough, or shortness of breath?
Define the chain of infection’s 'portal of exit.'
What is the path by which a pathogen leaves the host?
Name one risk factor for acquiring an MDRO infection
What is prolonged hospitalization, recent antibiotic use, or invasive devices?
Name one common bacterial cause of pneumonia.
What is Streptococcus pneumoniae?
Name one serious complication of untreated pyelonephritis
What is sepsis or renal scarring?
Annual flu vaccination is recommended for which age group?
What is everyone 6 months and older?
COVID-19 primarily affects which body system?
What is the respiratory system?
Name the CDC-recommended disinfectant for killing C. diff spores.
What is a bleach-based solution?
This MDRO is known for causing ventilator-associated pneumonia.
What is Pseudomonas aeruginosa or Acinetobacter baumannii?
Identify two risk factors for aspiration pneumonia.
What are impaired swallowing and decreased level of consciousness?
The most common causative organism of pyelonephritis is ____.
What is Escherichia coli?
Name one complication of severe influenza
What is pneumonia, respiratory failure, or myocarditis?
Name two serious complications associated with severe COVID-19.
What are ARDS and blood clots?