Bloodborne pathogens review

When washing your hands, you should use soap, warm water, and friction, and keep your fingertips:

• Pointed up.
• Pointed down.
• Held tightly together.
• Dry.

What is used to cure someone with a bacterial infection such as strep throat?

• Radiation
• Aspirin
• Antibiotics
• Ibuprophen

Viruses are not affected by antibiotics.

• True
• False

Minimum infection prevention measures that apply to all patient care, regardless of suspected or confirmed infection status.

• Airborne Precaution

• Standard Precaution

• Isolation Precaution

• Transmission-based Precaution

Gloves that are saturated with blood should be disposed of in

• dirty linen cart

• Red Biohazrd Bag

• Regular Trash

• Sharps Container

The killing or removal of all microorganisms, including bacterial spores, is called:

• Disinfection
• Cleaning
• Sterilization
• Wiping

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

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