Infection, Prevention & Control

Question 1

You are a community midwife doing postnatal visits. On arrival to the home, the woman informs you that her eldest child has had a vomiting and diarrhoea bug for the last couple of days. How should you wash your hands to avoid transmitting “the bug” from the surfaces you have touched to the newborn baby?
a) hand washing with liquid soap
b) hand washing with alcohol gel
c) hand wash with liquid soap and then alcohol gel
d) Any of them would be appropriate

Answer 1

A)handwashing with liquid soap

Question 2

You are a midwife about to attend a birth.
Before donning your sterile gloves, how should you wash your hand?
a) hand washing with liquid soap
b) hand washing with alcohol gel
c) hand wash with liquid soap and then alcohol gel
d) A or B are both appropriate

Answer 2

Liquid soap or hand gel

Question 3

At a postnatal visit, you ask the woman to use her bathroom to wash your hands. In the bathroom, there is a new soap bar and a small clean cloth towel. What should you do?
a) ask the woman for liquid soap instead and dry your hands with the clean cloth towel
b) use the soap bar, and ask the woman for a paper towel to dry your hands
c) do not wash your hands in her bathroom, use your alcohol gel
d) use your alcohol gel and dry your hands with the cloth towel

Answer 3

c) do not wash your hands in her bathroom, use your alcohol gel