Asepsis, Safety, Skin and Documentation

Question 1

What precautions do measles, TB, and Marseilles (chicken pox) fall under?

Answer 1

airborne precautions (respiratory isolation)

Question 2

which precaution is the transmission of aerosolized, airborne droplet nuclei ?

Answer 2

airborne precautions

Question 3

which precaution is described as “transmission by close contact with large, particle droplets from respiratory tract”.

Answer 3

Droplet precautions

Question 4

Which precaution is categorized as “transmission by direct patient contact or contact with items in patients room”?

Answer 4

contact precautions

Question 5

pneumonia, influenza, Ebola, and bacterial meningitis fall under which precaution level?

Answer 5

Droplet precautions

Question 6

MRSA and C. difficile fall under which precaution level?

Answer 6

Contact precautions

Question 7

Bright red, fresh blood, indicates active bleeding

Answer 7

sanguineous

Question 8

Thin & watery with light red or pink hue

Answer 8

Serosanguineous

Question 9

Clear and watery plasma

Answer 9

Serous

Question 10

Pussy discharge. Thick opaque, & odorous build up from infection.

Answer 10

Purulent

Question 11

Continuously sucking out the drainage out the wound to promote healing

Answer 11

Negative Pressure Wound Therapy

Question 12

What is this? What type of drainage system

Answer 12

Hemovac

Closed system

Question 13

What is this? What type of drainage system

Answer 13

Jackson-Pratt

Closed system

Question 14

What is this? What type of drainage system

Answer 14

T-tube (placed in a common bile duct after gallbladder surgery)

Closed system

Question 15

What is this? What type of drainage system

Answer 15

Penrose drain

Open system

Question 16

Which pressure stage is described as?

Non-blanchable (if its red and pressing doesn’t change color, still red) erythema of intact skin.

• Sores (not considered open wounds)

Answer 16

Stage 1

Question 17

Which pressure stage is described as?

• Partial-thickness skin loss with exposed dermis
• If someone has a blister, which eventually pops and exposed the dermis
  
  • Shallow open injury

Answer 17

Stage 2

Question 18

Which pressure stage is described as?

• Full-thickness skin loss; not involving underlying fascia
• Went through the dermis, seeing signs of subcutaneous fat.

Answer 18

Stage 3

Question 19

Which pressure stage is described as?

• Full-thickness skin and tissue loss
• Went through the subcutaneous tissue and might see bone, muscle, tendon.

Answer 19

Stage 4

Question 20

Which pressure stage is described as?

• obscured full thickness skin and tissue loss
• Eschar or Black leathery covering (slough), can’t be moved (may be mistaken for subcutaneous tissue), this needs to be removed (debrided)

Answer 20

Unstageable

Question 21

What is this called?

• persistent non-blanchable deep red, maroon, or purple discoloration.
• Accumulation of the blood from pressure

Answer 21

Deep tissue pressure injury (DTI)