Infection Control test

Question 1

Pathogens

Answer 1

Microbes that cause disease / harm

Question 2

Droplet + PPE needed

Answer 2

Gown + gloves + face mask with private room with doors open : Coughing, sneezing

Question 3

Airborne + PPE needed

Answer 3

N95 Respirator + gloves + Gloves, Negative air pressurized room with closed door : Tuberculosis

Question 4

Contact + PPE needed

Answer 4

Gloves + Gown, can room with a person with the same infection

Question 5

MRSA and VSE are they serious? Do they have carriers?

Answer 5

Yes they are serious because they resist antibiotics and they have carriers. Not treatable.

Question 6

Fomite

Answer 6

Contaminated objects

Question 7

Standard precautions and when to use gloves

Answer 7

Always wash your hands before and after gloving. Glove whenever you come into contact with a patient. Basic protection needed

Question 8

Disease carriers

Answer 8

Organisms that carry Microbes without symptomatic from their disease and then they can pass it off to others. (Chronic Carriers)

Question 9

Best infection Control protection

Answer 9

Wash your hands

Question 10

Asepsis

Answer 10

Cleaning the surface to get rid of base germs (Pathogenic Microbes) - Type 1

Question 11

Disinfection

Answer 11

Removing most microbes from something on the surface level - Type 2

Question 12

Nosocomial Infection

Answer 12

An infection picked up from the hospital

Question 12

Sterilization

Answer 12

To remove all microbes from something - Type 3

Question 13

Body Flora

Answer 13

Microbes that live all around the body and therefore are not the same

Question 13

Communicable disease

Answer 13

Spreadable disease - person to person - Can be spread direct and indirect

Question 13

Smallpox

Answer 13

A virus that is related to the Herpes Zoster virus (Shingles)

Question 14

Medical hand washing

Answer 14

Warm water, lots of friction, scrub under nails, 15-20 seconds

Question 15

Medical Asepsis

Answer 15

Medical Practices that reduce microbes

Question 16

Immune system + can it help ward off exposure to disease

Answer 16

The immune system helps fight off the diseases and it makes antibodies and it can help ward off diseases

Question 17

Where do the sharp objects go (ex. used needles, razors )

Answer 17

They go in the sharp bin

Question 18

Where do microorganisms best grow

Answer 18

Dark, Warm and moist environments

Question 19

Bacteria are identified by

Answer 19

Shape and Arrangement

Question 20

Staphylococcal infections cause what

Answer 20

Skin infections usually by wounds

Question 21

Chain of infection

Answer 21

Pathogenic Microbe, Reservoir, Portal of exit, Mode of Transmission, Portal of entry, and Susceptible Host

Question 22

Diseases caused by Viruses

Answer 22

Mumps, Chicken Pox, Hepatitis, AIDS, Measles and, Influenza

Question 23

2 Vaccines recommended for healthcare workers

Answer 23

Flu and Hepatitis B

Question 24

2 types of patients that need private rooms

Answer 24

Those with Droplet and Airborne precautions

Question 25

Types of patients where the immune system is failing

Answer 25

Immunocompromised, age (very young and elderly), drug therapy, Injury or removal of spleen, smoking, Infections (especially HIV),

Question 26

How do HIV and Hep B spread + is there prevention

Answer 26

They spread through body fluids and you can prevent them with vaccines

Question 27

E.coli transmission

Answer 27

Feces + contaminated water

Question 28

Are vaccines available for MRSA, HIV, and Hep. B

Answer 28

Yes

Question 29

Can infection occur from bio-weapon prior to detection exposure

Answer 29

Yes because you could have been infected before they were able to detect it

Question 30

Direct vs. Indirect Contact

Answer 30

Direct: When you directly come in contact with something infected
Indirect: When you come in contact with an infection through something else