Hand Washing Quizizz 2021 Bartels AM

Which of the following types of patient care would require a CNA to use a sink to wash their hands with soap and water?

• After delivering a cup of coffee to a patient's room

• After helping a patient to sit up in bed

• When leaving an isolation room

True or False:

If your hands are visibly soiled you can use hand sanitizer to clean your hands

• True

• False

How many seconds do you have to srucb your hands when performing hand hygiene?

• 45 seconds

• 5 minutes

• 15-20 seconds

• 10 seconds

What is the purpose of performing hand hygiene?

• To prevent the spread of infection

• To eliminate the need to wear gloves when providing care.

• To keep patients from exposure to bacteria or viruses

• To prevent staff contact with infection

When is it appropiate to use an alcohol based hand rub to perfrom hand hygiene?

• If exposure to FLU spore is suspected

• If gloves were worn during patient contact

• If the hands are NOT visibly soiled

• If hands are dry or chapped

When washing your hands with soap and water, which procedure should the nurse follow?

• Turn on and adjust water until it feels cold

• Keep your hands above your elbows while washing

• Use plenty of lather and friction while washing for 15-20 seconds

• Turn off the faucet with your clean dry hand

When performing hand hygiene you MUST make sure each of the following is done EXCEPT

• stand so you do not touch the sink

• use a new dry paper towel to turn off the water

• Stand with your hands below your elbow. hands pointed down

• Dry your hands from elbows to fingertips

As part of perfroming hand hygiene, how should the nursing assistant dry hands?

• Use clean, dry bath towel

• Let the hands air dry

• Use clean dry paper towels

• Wipe your hands on your uniform

If you touch the inside of the sink when performing hand hygiene, what MUST you do?

• Add 15 seconds onto the time that you have already washed

• Stop and sit down becasue you failed the task

• Acknowledge that you touched the sink and state you need to start again, begin again.

• Scrub for 2 minutes

When performing hand hygiene, you cannot weara watch. You can do all of the following to assure you wash for the required seconds EXCEPT

• Sing the Happy Birthday Song

• Count in your head or aloud 1-1000, 2-1000, 3-1000

• Sing your ABCs

• Have the instrcutor tell you when to stop