SNF - PHYSICAL PLANT - HOUSEKEEPING; CLEAN LINEN; SOILED LINEN

Question 1

Ea facility shall routinely ___ articles and surfaces i.e. furniture, floors, wall and ceilings.

1. Replace
2. Clean
3. Repair
4. Nonne of the above

Answer 1

2. Clean

Question 2

Schedules and procedures shall be posted which indicate the areas of the SNF which shall be cleaned daily, weekly, ___.

1. Semi - weekly
2. Bi-weekly
3. Monthly
4. Bi-monthly

Answer 2

3. Monthly

Question 3

Cleaning supplies and equipment shall meet which of the following requirements?

1. Supplies and equipment shall be stored in rms for housekeeping use only.
2. A commercial detergent germicide shall be used for all cleaning.
3. Mop heads shall be removable and changed at least daily.
4. All the above

Answer 3

4. All the above

Question 4

A person qualified by experience and ___ shall be in charge of housekeeping department.

1. Selection
2. Ability
3. Training
4. None of the above

Answer 4

3. Training

Question 5

Janitor’s closets, service sinks and storage areas shall be clean and maintained to meet ___.

1. Schedules
2. Assignments
3. Selection
4. The needs of the facility

Answer 5

4. The needs of the facility

Question 6

When a SNF operates its own laundry it shall be located in relation to areas so that steam, odors, lint and noises do not ___.

1. Reach pt or personnel areas
2. Disturb neighbors of the facility
3. Interrupt phone calls
4. All the above

Answer 6

1. Reach pt or personnel areas

Question 7

Laundry areas shall have, at a minimum which of the following?

1. Separate rooms for storage of clean and soiled linen
2. Hand-washing and toilet facilities areas are convenient to laundry personnel
3. Separate linen carts are labeled “soiled” or “clean linen”
4. All the above

Answer 7

4. All the above

Question 8

Linen carts shall be constructed of ___ which shall be laundered or suitable cleaned as needed to maintain sanitation.

1. Plastic only
2. Metal only
3. Washable materials
4. None of the above

Answer 8

3. Washable materials

Question 9

Written ___ for handling, storage, transportation and processing of linens shall be posted in the laundry.

1. Policies
2. Procedures
3. Schedules
4. Assignments

Answer 9

2. Procedures

Question 10

Clean linen shall be stored, handled and transported in a way that precludes ___.

1. Cross-contamination
2. Policy & Procedures
3. Schedules for laundry
4. All the above

Answer 10

1. Cross-contamination

Question 11

Clean linen not in covered storage shall ___.

1. Be returned to laundry for processing
2. Be Covered
3. Be refolded
4. None of the above

Answer 11

2. Be covered

Question 12

Clean linen from a commercial laundry shall be delivered to ___

1. The back door
2. A Locked area
3. A designated clean area
4. None of the above

Answer 12

3. A designated clean area

Question 13

Linens shall not be ___ and shall be maintained in good repair.

1. Sold
2. Stained
3. Bleached
4. Threadbare

Answer 13

4. Threadbare

Question 14

A supply of linen shall be provided sufficient for not less than ___ complete bed changes for the licensed capacity.

1. Two
2. Three
3. Four
4. Six

Answer 14

2. Three

Question 15

Soiled linen shall be handled, store and processed in a manner that will prevent ___.

1. Odors
2. Residents from seeing it
3. Spread of Infection
4. All the above

Answer 15

3. Spread of infection

Question 16

Soiled linen shall be sorted in a separate rom by methods of affording protection from ___.

1. State survey view
2. Contamination
3. Theft
4. None of the above

Answer 16

2. Contamination

Question 17

Soiled linen shall be stored and transported in ___ which does not permit airborne contamination or cross contamination of clean linen.

1. A Closed Container
2. A safe manner
3. 1&2
4. None of the above

Answer 17

1. A Closed Container