Handwashing Flashcards
Recommended that hands of doctors and medical students should be scrubbed in a chlorinated lime solution before every patient contact and particularly after leaving the autopsy room to stop the puerperal fever.
a. John Snow
b. Ignas Semmelweis
c. Anton Van Leeuwenhuek
Letter B. Ignaz Semmelweis
Year that the first national hand hygiene guideline were published.
a. 1970s
b. 1960s
c. 1980s
d. 1950s
Letter C. 1980s
Who published the first national hand hygiene precautions?
a. WHO
b. CDC
c. DOH
Letter B. CDC
What does CDC stands for?
a. Centers for Disease Control
b. Control of Disease Centers
c. Centers for Diseases in the Community
d. Customer Definition Centre
Letter A. Centers for Disease Control
It is where the research study model has been adopted to develop the WHO Hand Hygiene Improvement Strategy.
a. Harvard University
b. Hopkinson’s University
c. Geneva’s University
d. University of Pennsylvania
Letter C. Geneva’s University
Who adopted the research study model to develop Hand Hygiene Improvement Strategy?
a. Centers for Disease Control (CDC)
b. World Health Organization (WHO)
c. First Global Patient Safety Challenge (FGPSC)
Letter C. First Global Patient Safety Challenge
When was the research study to develop hand hygiene strategy adopted?
a. 1990
b. 1980s
c. 2005
d. 2000
e. 2001
Letter D. 2000
The act of washing hands with plain or antimicrobial soap and water for the purpose of removing dirt or microorganisms.
Handwashing
Two Factors of Handwashing
Running water and Friction
Water temperature should not be too hot nor too cold, in short, it should be _______.
Tepid
Why should the water be not too hot nor too cold?
a. avoid cracking.
b. avoid chapping
c. avoid drying the skin
d. NOTA
e. AOTA
Letter E. AOTA
It is the firm rubbing of all hand surfaces.
Friction
Two forms of handwashing
Generic and Abbreviated
Three important elements of handwashing
- soap or chemical
- water
- friction
Handwashing that includes hands to elbows.
Generic
Handwashing that includes hands to wrists only.
Abbreviated
The CDC recommends how many seconds should you do handwashing?
15-20 seconds
Who should practice hand hygiene?
a. Construction workers
b. Teachers
c. Healthcare providers
d. Only doctors
e. Everyone
Letter E. Everyone
Where should you perform hand hygiene?
a. Patient contact environment
b. All work settings
c. Point-of-care
d. NOTA
e. AOTA
Letter E. AOTA
When was the adoption and who adopted the Hand Hygiene Techniques (Soap and water, Alcohol-Based)
Adopted from the 2009 WHO Guidelines on Hand Hygiene in Health Care
Duration of alcohol-based formulation technique.
a. 20-40 seconds
b. 20-50 seconds
c. 20-30 seconds
d. 20-60 seconds
Letter C. 20-30 seconds
Duration of soap and water technique.
a. 30-40 seconds
b. 40-60 seconds
c. 20-30 seconds
d. 30-50 seconds
Letter B. 40-60 seconds
When is Global Handwashing Day celebrated?
a. Every November 15th of the year.
b. Every October 15th of the year.
c. Every September 16th of the year.
d. Every December 16th of the year.
Letter C. Every October 15th of the year.
Who founded the Global Handwashing Day?
a. World Health Organization (WHO)
b. Global Handwashing Partnership (GHP)
c. Department of Health (DOH)
Letter B. Global Handwashing Partnership (GHP)
What is the global handwashing day 2020 slogan?
a. Hand Hygiene is Important for Everyone.
b. Turn Hand Hygiene into a Routine.
c. Hand Hygiene for All.
Letter C. Hand Hygiene for All.
