Test Your Infection Prevention Knowledge

Level 1

1

True or False: Enhanced Contact precautions are used for suspected or actual C diff, Norovirus, and diarrhea of unknown cause.

TRUE 

2

What special actions are required for Enhanced Contact precautions?  

1. Use soap & water to cleanse hands. 

2. Use bleach wipes to disinfect surfaces. 

3

True or False: I can catch shingles from a patient. 

False

4

What is the best way to prevent Influenza and its complications? 

Annual flu vaccination

5

What is the most common way infections are spread in hospitals? 

Unclean equipment and the hands of healthcare workers

Level 2

1

What action should be taken immediately for a patient who presents with a cough, bloody sputum, low grade fever, night sweats, weight loss?

Airborne precautions.  Rule out tuberculosis.   

2

What does MDRO stand for?

Multidrug Resistant Organism

3

What are some examples of MDROs?

MRSA, VRE, CRE, ESBL

4

True or False:  A person who has not had chickenpox or the chickenpox vaccine can get chickenpox from someone with shingles?

True.  

5

Which highly contagious disease can stay in the air for up to 2 hours after a person was there?  Up to 90% of people close to that person will also become infected if they are not protected.  

Measles