Week 1

Question 1

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Question 1

What is standard precautions vs contact precautions vs airborne precautions

Answer 1

Standard precautions are the standard washing hands, gloves, ppe and mask

Contact precautions are when you wear a gown and possibly even glove or use a private room

Airborne precautions are when you wear Fitted N95 mask

droplet precautions are surgical mask within 3-6 feet

Question 2

What precautions is HIV

Answer 2

Standard

Question 3

What precautions are covid?

Question 4

What precautions are Gastroenteritis C. Difficile? (C diff)

Answer 4

Contact+ Standard. Must handwash with soap and water. Must use bleach wipes on equipment

Handwashing with soap and water preferred because of the absence of sporicidal activity of alcohol in waterless antiseptic handrubs

Question 5

What precautions are herpes zoster? (Varicella- zoster) (shingles) Disseminated is the bad one. Its where you have all 3 and is different from localized

Answer 5

Airborne + Contact + standard

Susceptible HCW’s should not enter room if immune caregivers are available

Question 6

What precautions are Herpes zoster (varicella zoster shingles) localized

Answer 6

standard

Susceptible HCW’s should not provide direct patient care when other immune caregivers are available .

Question 7

What precautions are influenza

Answer 7

standard + droplets

Question 8

What precautions is Severe acute respiratory syndrome (covid)

Answer 8

Airborne + Droplet + contact + Standard

Question 9

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