HAI

Question 1

What is the source of nosocomial infections?

Answer 1

Healthcare worker 
Patient 
Visitor 
Fomite 
Environment

Question 2

What is the source of nosocomial infections?

Answer 2

Healthcare worker 
Patient 
Visitor 
Fomite 
Environment

Question 3

What is droplet mode of transmission?

Answer 3

Generated by coughing
> 5

Influenza, pertussis, SARS, neisseria, rhinovirus

Question 4

What are airborne mode of transmission?

Question 5

What is MRSA resistant to?

Answer 5

penicillins and cephalosporins

Question 6

What is MRSA primary mode of spread?

Answer 6

contaminated hand of healthcare worker

Question 7

What does C. diff cause and why does it happen?

Answer 7

Causes diarrhoea ↔ pseudomembanous
colitis ↔ toxic megacolon

Associated with antibiotic use

Question 8

What is droplet mode of transmission?

Answer 8

Generated by coughing
> 5

Influenza, pertussis, SARS, neisseria, rhinovirus

Question 9

What are airborne mode of transmission?

Question 10

What is MRSA resistant to?

Answer 10

penicillins and cephalosporins

Question 11

What is MRSA primary mode of spread?

Answer 11

contaminated hand of healthcare worker

Question 12

What does C. diff cause and why does it happen?

Answer 12

Causes diarrhoea ↔ pseudomembanous
colitis ↔ toxic megacolon

Associated with antibiotic use

Question 13

what does norovirus cause?

Answer 13

gastroenteritis outbreaks

very contagious

Question 14

How does it spread?

Answer 14

Spread from person to person

Question 15

How to prevent HAI?

Answer 15

• Prevent development of antibiotic resistance
• Prevention of transmission
• Prevention of infection in individual patient

Question 16

What are the 5 moments of hand hygiene?

Answer 16

1. before touching patient
2. before procedure
3. after procedure/body fluid exposure risk
4. after touching patient
5. after touching patient surroundings