Infection Control

Which of the following diseases is contracted by the highest number of health care workers each year?

• AIDS

• Hep B

• TB

• AIDS, Hep B, and TB each affect about the same number of workers

How can micoorganisms be spread?

• sneezing

• touching the bed linens

• touching the patient

• all of the above

HIV is a virus that spreads through which route?

• sexual contact

• mucous membrane

• perinatal contact (before birth)

• all of the above

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) conducts visits at health care facilities in order to:

• ensure employee safety

• license onsite laboratories

• provide vaccines for workers

• research the cause of diseases

What is the correct way to handle a needle after it is used to give a vitamin injection to a healthy patient?

• discard it in a wastebasket with other trash after recapping it

• discard it in a biohazard bag

• sterilize it as soon as possible to avoid the possible spread of infection

• place it immediately in a puncture-resistant container

When should health care professionals who are in direct contact with patients follow standard precautions?

• when working with patients who have infections

• at all times

• before andf during surgical procedures

• when coming on duty and after using the toilet

Why are diseases caused by viruses often very difficult to treat?

• they are difficult to identify

• the are obligate intraceullular parasites

• they cannot be seen under the microscope

• they cannot be destroyed by antibiotics

Tuberculosis (TB) is:

• a blood borne disease

• an airborne disease

• a non-infectious disease

• an untreatable disease

How long should you use friction when lathering and washing your hands?

• 2 minutes

• 5 seconds

• 18 seconds

• 20 seconds

In health care, the most common way to get a blood borne disease is by

• contact with infected blood or body fluids

• sharing infected needles between residents

• being in the same room as a resident with a blood borne disease

• secual contact with an infected residetn