SIPCEP

Question 1

What are healthcare associated infections

Answer 1

Infections that may affect people when they are receiving healthcare in places such as hospitals, care homes, dental surgeries and in the person’s home

Question 2

What are common HAIs

Answer 2

Clostridium difficile

Methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)

Question 3

What is the chain of infection

Answer 3

Infectious agent
Reservoir
Portal of exit
Mode of transmission
Portal of entry
Susceptible host

Question 4

What is the infectious agent

Answer 4

Microorganism capable of causing an infection

Question 5

What is the reservoir

Answer 5

Where the infectious agent normally lives and multiplies

Question 6

What is the portal of exit

Answer 6

Where the infectious agent leaves the reservoir

Question 7

What is the mode of transmission

Answer 7

How infectious agents spread from one site to another

Question 8

What is the portal of entry

Answer 8

How the infectious agent enters the body

Question 9

What is an antimicrobial

Answer 9

Agent that kills microorganisms or prevents their growth

Question 10

What is antibiotic resistance

Answer 10

When microorganisms no longer respond to antibiotics that previously had been used to treat infection

Question 11

What are the 10 basic measures to the standard infection control precautions

Answer 11

Patient placement/assessment for infection risk
Hand hygiene
Respiratory and cough hygiene
PPE
Safe management of care equipment
Safe management of the care environment
Safe management of linen
Safe management of blood and bodily fluid spillages
Safe disposal of waste (including sharps)
Occupational safety: prevention and exposure management

Question 12

What does safe management of equipment consist of

Answer 12

Maintain, clean and dispose of equipment correctly

Question 13

Why is safe management of environmental care important

Answer 13

A clean environment can help reduce the spread of infeciton

Question 14

When should SICPs

Answer 14

To be used by all staff, in all care settings, at all times, for all patients

Question 15

Why should SICPs be used for all patients and not just infected ones

Answer 15

It is not always known if patients have infections or not when delivering care

Question 16

What link does hand hygiene break in the chain of infection

Answer 16

Mode of transmission

Question 17

What link does respiratory and cough hygiene break in the chain of infection

Answer 17

Portal of exit

Question 18

What link does PPE break in the chain of infection

Answer 18

Mode of transmission

Portal of entry

Question 19

What link does the management of care equipment break in the chain of infection

Answer 19

Reservoir

Mode of transmission

Question 20

What link does the safe management of blood and body fluid spillages break in the chain of infection

Answer 20

Portal of entry

Question 21

What link does the safe disposal of waste break in the chain of infection

Answer 21

Portal of entry
Mode of transmission
Infectious agent

Question 22

Why is it important to carefully dispose of sharps correctly

Answer 22

To avoid an accidental exposure to blood and body fluids

Question 23

What link does occupational safety break in the chain of infection

Answer 23

Portal of entry

Question 24

What is respiratory and cough hygiene

Answer 24

Sneezing/coughing into a disposable clean tissue or using your elbow/upper arm

Question 25

When should you use hand wipes onstead of hand hygiene

Answer 25

When there is no available running water

Question 26

What should hand wipes be followed by

Answer 26

Alcohol based hand rub

Question 27

What does hand hygiene entail

Answer 27

Washing your hands with liquid soap and warm water | Applying an alcohol based rub

Question 28

Why is bar soap not used when delivering care

Answer 28

It can become heavily contaminated with microorganisms, especially if it has been sitting in water

Question 29

What in the the dental clinic is at high risk of picking up microorganisms

Answer 29

Dental lights | Chair armrests

Question 30

What is non-antimicrobial liquid soap

Answer 30

Detergent which when used with good hand hygiene practices simply removes microorganisms easily picked up from the environment or visible soiling from your hands

Question 31

Which is more effective, non-antimicrobial soap or anti-bacterial hand rub

Answer 31

Anti-bacterial hand rub

Question 32

Which microorganisms are not effected by anti-bacterial hand rub

Answer 32

GI infections - clostridium difficile and norovirus

Question 33

In what circumstances must you wash your hands

Answer 33

If your hands are visibly soiled or dirty When dealing with someone who has clostridium difficile or other known GI infections During any outbreaks of diarrhoea infections If your hands feel sticky or gritty from frequently using alcohol based hand rubs

Question 34

Why is is so important to sort red or irritated skin

Answer 34

Can carry large numbers of microorganisms which can spread to others

Question 35

In what times should you perform hand hygiene

Answer 35

``` Before touching a patient Before clean/a sceptic procedure After body fluid exposure risk After touching a patient After touching patient surroundings ```

Question 36

When should you wash your hands in regards to PPE

Answer 36

Before you put on PPE and after you remove and dispose of PPE

Question 37

What are the steps to body fluid spillage clean up

Answer 37

``` Cordon off the spillage Assess the type of spillage Collect the correct equipment Protect yourself Disinfect and clean ```