Infection Control

Why infection control an important as part of our work as a healthcare worker (HCW)?

• To pass our annual competency checklist as a nurse

• Prevents transmission of infection and other diseases to other patients and HCW

• To qualify for mid-year bonus and Annual Wage Supplement (AWS)

• None of the above

Below are components in the chain of infection except:

• Mode of transmission

• Reservoir

• Infection control

• Portal of Entry

Modes of transmission are contact, droplet, airborne, and vector-borne.

• True

• False

In the video, a nursing student is described as a :

• Reservoir

• Portal of Exit

• Susceptible Host

• Infectious agent

Patient A transmits disease B to patient C through sneezing and coughing. What mode of transmission is this?

• Contact

• Droplet

• Airborne

• Vector-borne

Lyme disease is spread through which type of mode of transmission?

• Contact

• Droplet

• Airborne

• Vector-borne

What are the components of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)?

• Surgical Mask or N95

• Gloves

• Isolation Gown

• All of the above

What are the two main types of precautions?

• Standard Precautions & Transmission- based precautions

• Transmission- based precautions and Airborne precaution

• Airborne precaution and Droplet precaution

• None of the above

Which type of PPE is required for standard precaution?

• Surgical Mask

• Gloves

• Isolation Gown

• N95 mask

Which of these PPEs are required for a HCW to put on when managing a COVID-19 (Airborne precaution) patient?

• Gloves and Isolation Gown

• Surgical Mask, Gloves and Isolation Gown

• N95 Mask, a pair of goggle, Gloves and Isolation Gown

• N95 Mask and a pair of goggle