General Infection Control
The minimum infection prevention practices that apply to all patient care, regardless of suspected or confirmed infection status of the patient.
What are standard precautions?
This category of microorganisms stains purple due to their thick peptidoglycan layer.
What is Gram positive?
Separation of _____ and ______ is important to reduce the risk of cross-contamination in the environment.
What is clean and dirty?
True or false: prescription eyeglasses are a type of PPE.
What is false?
This is the time that a disinfectant needs to stay wet on a surface to ensure efficacy.
What is contact time or wet time?
The second tier of basic infection prevention precautions used in addition to Standard Precautions for patients who may be infected or colonized with certain infectious agents.
What are transmission-based precautions?
This organism is a Gram negative rod.
Name one.
What is Pseudomonas, Enterobacter, Klebsiella, etc.
This process determines the level of risk to patients and defines controls to reduce risk of infection during construction and renovation projects in the hospital.
What is an infection control risk assessment (ICRA)?
At minimum, wear this PPE when a patient has influenza.
What is a surgical/procedural mask?
This step must be performed before disinfection or sterilization.
What is cleaning?
DAILY DOUBLE
He is considered the father of hand hygiene.
Who is Ignaz Semmelweis?
This organism is an acid-fast bacilli.
Name one.
What is Mycobacterium, Nocardia, etc.
This waterborne pathogen has been implicated in outbreaks associated with cooling towers.
What is Legionella?
Name the minimum PPE required for contact precautions.
What are gown and gloves?
Bed rails, IV poles, tabletops, etc are considered ____ ______ ________ and should be disinfected at least once daily.
What are high touch surfaces?
These healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) are reportable to the CDC's National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN). Name one.
What are CAUTI, CLABSI, Cdiff, MRSA bacteremia, SSI COLO, SSI HYST?
This organism is a Gram positive cocci.
Name one.
What is Staphylococcus, Streptococcus, Enterococcus, etc.
Rooms with _____ air pressure such as soiled utility rooms keep pathogens inside, whereas _____ pressure rooms such as ORs keep pathogens out.
What are negative and positive?
This type of PPE is used for airborne precautions and filters the air as the wearer inhales.
What is a respirator?
This type of disinfection level destroys all types of microorganisms.
What is sterilization?
This is the number one way to prevent infections.
What is hand hygiene?
This type of molecular testing provides essential information for outbreak investigations.
What is PFGE (pulsed field gel electrophoresis) or WGS (whole genome sequencing)?
This program is designed to systematically assess for and mitigate risks associated with water systems.
What is a water management program?
Name all the PPE required when caring for a patient with COVID-19?
What are gloves, gown, respirator, and eye protection?
This classification scheme classifies devices based on patient contact and describes the minimum disinfection level for that device.
What is Spaulding Classification?