Handwashing

Question 1

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

Answer 1

Letter B. Ignaz Semmelweis

Question 2

Year that the first national hand hygiene guideline were published.

a. 1970s
b. 1960s
c. 1980s
d. 1950s

Answer 2

Letter C. 1980s

Question 3

Who published the first national hand hygiene precautions?

a. WHO
b. CDC
c. DOH

Answer 3

Letter B. CDC

Question 4

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

Answer 4

Letter A. Centers for Disease Control

Question 5

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

Answer 5

Letter C. Geneva’s University

Question 6

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)

Answer 6

Letter C. First Global Patient Safety Challenge

Question 7

When was the research study to develop hand hygiene strategy adopted?

a. 1990
b. 1980s
c. 2005
d. 2000
e. 2001

Answer 7

Letter D. 2000

Question 8

The act of washing hands with plain or antimicrobial soap and water for the purpose of removing dirt or microorganisms.

Answer 8

Handwashing

Question 9

Two Factors of Handwashing

Answer 9

Running water and Friction

Question 10

Water temperature should not be too hot nor too cold, in short, it should be _______.

Answer 10

Tepid

Question 11

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

Answer 11

Letter E. AOTA

Question 12

It is the firm rubbing of all hand surfaces.

Answer 12

Friction

Question 13

Two forms of handwashing

Answer 13

Generic and Abbreviated

Question 14

Three important elements of handwashing

Answer 14

1. soap or chemical
2. water
3. friction

Question 15

Handwashing that includes hands to elbows.

Answer 15

Generic

Question 16

Handwashing that includes hands to wrists only.

Answer 16

Abbreviated

Question 17

The CDC recommends how many seconds should you do handwashing?

Answer 17

15-20 seconds

Question 18

Who should practice hand hygiene?

a. Construction workers
b. Teachers
c. Healthcare providers
d. Only doctors
e. Everyone

Answer 18

Letter E. Everyone

Question 19

Where should you perform hand hygiene?

a. Patient contact environment
b. All work settings
c. Point-of-care
d. NOTA
e. AOTA

Answer 19

Letter E. AOTA

Question 20

When was the adoption and who adopted the Hand Hygiene Techniques (Soap and water, Alcohol-Based)

Answer 20

Adopted from the 2009 WHO Guidelines on Hand Hygiene in Health Care

Question 21

Duration of alcohol-based formulation technique.

a. 20-40 seconds
b. 20-50 seconds
c. 20-30 seconds
d. 20-60 seconds

Answer 21

Letter C. 20-30 seconds

Question 22

Duration of soap and water technique.

a. 30-40 seconds
b. 40-60 seconds
c. 20-30 seconds
d. 30-50 seconds

Answer 22

Letter B. 40-60 seconds

Question 23

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.

Answer 23

Letter C. Every October 15th of the year.

Question 24

Who founded the Global Handwashing Day?

a. World Health Organization (WHO)
b. Global Handwashing Partnership (GHP)
c. Department of Health (DOH)

Answer 24

Letter B. Global Handwashing Partnership (GHP)

Question 25

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.

Answer 25

Letter C. Hand Hygiene for All.