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Isolation
Infection Prevention Basics
Hand Washing
Infection Prevention Trivia
General
100
What kind of isolation is used for C-Diff?
Special Precautions
100
What is the least costly and one of the fundamental basics for infection prevention?
Hand Hygiene
100
How long should you wash your hands?
15-20 seconds
100
What is a vaccination?
A shot that keeps you from getting a serious disease
100
Where can you find germs?
Everywhere
200
Where are the negative air rooms in your facility?
Herrin 200-1 MHC 262-1 # 8 in ED
200
What is the acceptable nail length in our facilities?
1/4 inch
200
What is most common mode of transmission for most organisms?
Hand contact
200
Who was the founder of modern nursing?
Florence Nightingale
200
What do you need to see a germ?
Microscope
300
What is a host?
What a virus lives in
300
True/False- Hand hygiene is required before and after glove use.
True
300
Name 3 good times to wash your hands
before you eat when you go to the bathroom after touch an animal after playing outside when you get home before preparing food
300
Who is the infection prevention nurse at your facility?
me!
300
Are all germs bad?
No
400
What is a wet time or contact time?
The amountt of time a surface needs to remain wet in order to be effective.
400
What isolation precautions would you use for Meningitis?
Droplet
400
Why should you wash your hands?
To prevent the spread of germs; to get germs off your hands
400
Give an example of a type of disease that you can get a vaccination for
chicken pox measles flu mumps polio
400
Which is dirtier (according to mythbusters): a remote, a cell phone, a kitchen sponge, or a toilet seat?
A toilet seat
500
What signs do you place on a C-Diff isolation room?
Special precautions Soap and water hand hygiene
500
What is an HAI?
An infection the patient did not have when he/she came into the hospital
500
Name the handwashing steps
Turn on the water Get hands wet Get soap Rub hands together for 20 seconds Rinse hands Dry hands with paper towel Use paper towel to turn off water
500
True/False: you do hand hygiene before entering a patient room even if you are not going to touch the patient.
True
500
What two disinfecting wipes are available on each unit?
Sani-cloth and Bleach wipes (Microkill)