N258L Infection Control, PPE, & Safety

N258L: Infection Control, PPE, & Safe Environment

Open Ended

Name an example of when washing your hands should be performed instead of hand sanitizer?

Open Ended

When should a nurse perform hand hygiene during patient care?

Multiple Choice

How many seconds should you wash your hands (scrubbing vigorously) for in order to remove germs and micro-organisms?

• 10-15 seconds

• 15-20 seconds

• 20-30 seconds

• 5-10 seconds

Open Ended

What does PPE stand for?

Multiple Choice

This type of transmission occurs when infectious droplets from a client travel through the air and come in contact with the mucosa of a host (nurse, family member, etc.).

• Contact

• Droplet

• Airborne

• In-direct contact

Multiple Choice

Which type of isolation requires that a client be placed in a private room with negative air pressure?

• Contact

• White

• Droplet

• Airborne

Multiple Choice

Which of the following client diagnoses requires "White Contact" precautions?

• C. diff

• MRSA

• Influenza

• Coronavirus

Match

Match the following type of transmission to the correct clinical example.

• A client has a draining wound. The drainage touches a cut on the nurse's skin, leading to an infection

• A client with a respiratory infection sneezes w/o covering mouth. A person a few feet away becomes infected when large mucous particles land in their mouth.

• A client who coughed on their hand touches a door handle. Another person touches the same door handle and becomes infected.

• A nurse enters the room of a client with a respiratory infection. The nurse inhales small particles that remain in the air and develops an infection.

Direct contact transmission

Droplet transmission

Indirect contact transmission

A

• Direct contact transmission

• Droplet transmission

• Indirect contact transmission

• A

Multiple Choice

Which items need to be applied for contact precautions?

• Gown, gloves, mask

• Gown and gloves

• Gloves only

• Hand hygiene only

Match

Match the following clients to the type of isolation that should be utilized.

• Client with a broken bone

• Client with a draining wound infected with MRSA

• Client with Influenza A

• Client suspected of having tuberculosis

• Cancer patient who had a stem cell transplant this week.

Standard precautions

Contact precautions

Droplet precautions

Airborne precautions

Protective or Reverse isolation

• Standard precautions

• Contact precautions

• Droplet precautions

• Airborne precautions

• Protective or Reverse isolation

Reorder

Reorder the appropriate sequence of applying PPE.

• Gown

• Mask or respirator

• Goggles or face shield

• Gloves

1

2

3

4

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4

Reorder

Place the steps for removing PPE in the correct order.

• Remove gloves

• Remove goggles or face shield

• Remove gown

• Remove mask

• Perform hand hygiene

1

2

3

4

5

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5