Module B- Infection Prevention

Question 1

2 types of Infection

Answer 1

1. localized
2. Systemic

Question 2

Requirements for Microorganisms to survive

Answer 2

1. Warmth
2. Moisture
3. Oxygen/ Anaerobic
4. tissue to feed on

Question 3

Medical Asepsis

Answer 3

Clean Technique

Question 4

Causative Agent

Answer 4

A harmful germ that causes an infection

Question 5

Reservoir

Answer 5

A place where harmful germs live, grow, and increase in
numbers (a home for germs)

Examples – a person, an animal, dirt, water, or other
places in the environment

Question 6

The 6 Links of Infection

Answer 6

1. Causative agent
2. Reservoir
3. Portal of Exit
4. Mode of Transportation ( direct and indirect)
5. Portal of entry
6. Suseptible Host

Question 7

Standard precautions

Answer 7

1st level is to prevent and control infections
* Basic tasks that healthcare workers must do when caring
for every RESIDENT in order to prevent and
control the spread of infection
* This means that ALL body fluids, non-intact skin, and
mucus membranes are treated as if they were infected

Question 8

Point of Care

Answer 8

refers to the place where three (3) elements occur together: the
resident, the nurse aide, and the care or treatment involving resident contact;
most point of care occurs in resident’s room

Question 9

Healthcare-associated infection (HAI)

Answer 9

An infection that a resident gets while staying or living in
a health care setting (nosocomial infection)

Question 10

3 types of Transmission-Based Precautions

Answer 10

Contact Precautions
o Droplet Precautions
o Airborne Precautions

Question 11

3 most common bloodborne pathogens

Answer 11

Hepatitis B virus (liver)
Hepatitis C virus
HIV