MHS 2025 Resident PPE Training

Multiple Choice

What is the main purpose in understanding the Chain of Infection?

• To identify how infections are transmitted and prevent their spread

• To determine the best treatment for infected patients

• To track the origin of specific infections

• To identify high-risk population for infection

Multiple Choice

When should you use alcohol-based hand sanitizer?

• Use when hands not visibly soiled

• After contact with inanimate objects, including medical equipment, in the immediate vicinity of the patient's room

• After contact with body fluids or excretions, mucous membranes, non-intact skin and wound dressing, if hands are not visibly soiled

• After removal of gloves

• All of the above

Multiple Choice

When do you use soap & water?

• When hands are visibly dirty or contaminated with blood or other body fluids

• Before eating/after eating & after using the restroom

• When working with a patient with C. difficile or having contact with their environment.

• All of the above

Multiple Choice

Which is most effective -soap & water or alcohol-based hand sanitizer?

• Soap & water

• Alcohol-based hand sanitizer

Multiple Choice

What should be maintained for all patients according to standard precautions?

• Good hand hygiene practice and use of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)

• Annual health check-ups

• Regular exercise and balanced diet

• Daily medication intake

Multiple Choice

What is the correct sequence for putting on personal protective equipment (PPE)?

• Hand hygiene, Mask, Gown, Gloves, Goggles

• Hand hygiene, Gown, Mask, Goggles, Gloves

• Hand hygiene, Gloves, Gown, Mask, Goggles

• Hand hygiene, Gown, Gloves, Mask, Goggles

Multiple Choice

What are droplet precautions used for?

• Bacterial Meningitis

• Mycoplasma Pneumoniae

• Influenza

• All of the Above

Multiple Select

What types of infections require airborne precautions?

• Tuberculosis, Measles, Chickenpox, Disseminated Varicella Zoster

• Influenza, Common Cold, COVID-19

• Malaria, Dengue, Zika

Multiple Choice

While rounding, you notice that your patient's central line dressing appears like the one shown. How should you respond?

• Ignore it -it's not your responsibility

• Speak up and escalate the concern

• Wait to see if someone else brings it up

• Make a note to follow up later

Multiple Choice

How does C. diff spread?

• Spreads when people touch surfaces that are contaminated with poop from an infected person & fecal oral route

• Spreads through contaminated water sources

• Spreads through the air when an infected person coughs

• Spreads through direct blood contact

Multiple Choice

What type of mask should a healthcare worker (HCW) use when a patient is on airborne precautions?

• Surgical mask

• Cloth mask

• N95 respirator (NIOSH approved)