IPC

Question 1

Preventive measures

Answer 1

Hand hygiene
Personal Protective Equipment
Waste disposal and management of work environment
Correct processing of instruments and equipment

Question 2

Control measures

Answer 2

Surveillance for infections
Vaccination of health care workers
Isolation and quarantine
Training in infection control and health care epidemiology

Question 3

Hospital acquired infection also known as

Answer 3

Also referred to as “nosocomial” or “hospital” infection

Question 4

Standard precautions

Answer 4

These precautions should be applied to all patients in all circumstances, whether or not they are known to pose an infection risk.

Question 5

Transmission-based precaution

Answer 5

Transmission-based precautions (TBP) are interventions put in place to reduce the chance of infection transmission for particular pathogens, e.g. airborne precautions for TB and COVID-19

Question 6

Antimicrobial de-escalation

Answer 6

Antimicrobial de-escalation is defined as the change from broad-spectrum to a narrower spectrum antimicrobial

Question 7

Tools for ASP

Answer 7

Microbiology consultation

Selective reporting of antibiotic susceptibility testing results

De-escalation of antimicrobial therapy (Targeted therapy)

Intravenous to oral switch

Therapeutic dose monitoring

Antimicrobial restriction

Antibiotic cycling

Education