Infection Control

Question 1

Infection control is

Answer 1

measures taken to prevent the spread of infection

Question 2

Which of the following is not an aspect of infection control precautions in connection with performing fingerstick blood glucose monitoring?

a. needles should be reused
b. hands are washed before performing FSBG
c. gloves should be worn
d. discard all contaminated materials in a bio-hazardous waste container

Answer 2

a. needles should be reused

Question 3

Who is responsible for setting infection control policies and procedures?

Answer 3

nurses

Question 4

PCT’s are responsible for making sure that patients do not acquire infections during procedures that….?

Answer 4

they perform

Question 5

When contact with body fluid is possible, the patient care technician should wear…?

Answer 5

• gloves
• a gown
• a mask

Question 6

Workers who come in contact with tuberculosis patients should wear…?

Answer 6

a high efficiency particulate air filtration mask (N95 respirator mask)
-Tuberculosis is a serious infectious bacterial disease that mainly affects the lungs)

Question 7

Is Methicillin- Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus very easily transmitted?

Answer 7

Yes

Question 8

The isolation category which protects against contact with infected feces is termed..?

Answer 8

enteric

Question 9

Contact with AIDS patients require…?

Answer 9

gowns, gloves, and masks

HIV causes aids and interferes with the body’s ability to fight infection

Question 10

Keeping the door closed and wearing a mask is necessary for which category of isolation?

Answer 10

respiratory

Question 11

Sites that are likely for the entry of infectious germs?

Answer 11

• wounds
• tracheostomies
• gastrostomy tubes

Question 12

Which of the following is not a part of venipuncture technique?

a. hand-washing
b. treating blood and other bodily fluids as if they were infectious
c. medical aseptic technique
d. cross-contamination of supplies

Answer 12

d. cross-contamination of supplies

Question 13

What is not a way that disease may be transmitted?

Answer 13

genetically

Question 14

Inactive bacteria with hard shells are called?

Answer 14

spores

Question 15

An infection acquired in the hospital is termed..?

Answer 15

nosocomial

Question 16

The absence of disease-causing microorganisms is called..?

Answer 16

asepsis

Question 17

Protozoa, bacteria, fungi, and viruses are types of..?

Answer 17

microorganisms

Question 18

which group is not particularly likely to acquire infection?

a. newborns
b. elderly
c. athletes
d. the chronically diseased

Answer 18

c. athletes

Question 19

What is not a likely site for the growth of microorganisms?

Answer 19

dry, intact skin

Question 20

Do Invasive techniques such as IV’s, Foley catheters, and ventilators break the normal bodily barriers to infection?

Answer 20

yes

Question 21

Who is known as the pioneer of medical asepsis?

Answer 21

Nightingale

Question 22

What is not considered contaminated?

Answer 22

inside sterile gloves

Question 23

Is it ……. to remove all the microorganisms on hands by washing them?

Answer 23

impossible

Question 24

Removing germs by physical or chemical means is termed?

Answer 24

disinfection

Question 25

The process that destroys all pathogenic and non-pathogenic microorganisms, including spores is called?

Answer 25

sterilization

Question 26

Plastic pans, thermometer probe covers, hypodermic needles, and Foley catheters are examples of hospital materials that are

Answer 26

disposable

Question 27

Which is not a method of infectious transmission?

a. vector
b. vehicle
c. airborne
d. universal

Answer 27

d. universal

Question 28

Before opening a sterile package, be certain that the…… is intact.

Answer 28

seal

Question 29

Sterile liquids are used in which of the following?

a. cleaning surgical wounds
b. cleaning fingernails
c. astringents (chemical that shrinks or constricts body tissues)
d. facials

Answer 29

a. cleaning surgical wounds

Question 30

Pick up a sterile glove by the…?

Answer 30

cuff

Question 31

Who do you have to speak with before performing the change of a dressing?

Answer 31

an RN

Question 32

Whose responsibility is it to assess the patients wound?

Answer 32

nurse’s

Question 33

Wet to dry dressings are used to?

Answer 33

remove old, dead tissue

Question 34

IV bags may be moist from?

Answer 34

• leaks

- condensation

Question 35

Medical asepsis is who’s responsibility?

Answer 35

everyone’s