Infection Prevention and Control

Question 1

Which micro-organism is resistant to alcohol gel?

How must these be removed?

Answer 1

Clostridium-difficile

Also norovirus

Soap and water used instead

Question 2

How should clothes worn on clinical placement be washed?

Answer 2

1. After every shift
2. Separately from own clothes
3. At maximum temp of garment

Question 3

What bin should each be disposed in:

1. Paper towels
2. Patient hand over notes
3. Urine soaked incontinence pad
4. Newspapers
5. Personal Protective clothing before leaving isolation room
6. Blood soaked wound dressing

Answer 3

1. Black
2. Green
3. Yellow
4. Black
5. Orange
6. Yellow

Question 4

What hand hygiene solution do you use in the following clinical situations?

Hands visibly dirty or soiled
Entering and leaving a clinical area
Contact with blood or bodily fluids
After touching a patients surroundings
Before leaving source isolation room

Answer 4

Soap and water

Soap and water or alcohol gel

Soap and water

Alcohol gel

Soap and water

Question 5

In what sharps bin would you dispose the following waste?

Sharps contaminated with cytotoxic and cytostatic sharps

Sharps not contaminated with medicinal waste

Sharps contaminated with medicinal waste

Answer 5

1. Purple
2. Orange
3. Yellow

Question 6

What cleaning product/s would you use to clean stethoscope pen torch patient surroundings

Answer 6

Alcohol wipes

Question 7

What cleaning product/s would you use in a source isolation room?

Answer 7

Clorclean/chlorine wipes

Question 8

What cleaning product/s would you use when dealing with a blood spillage?

Answer 8

Biohazard kit