infection control test review

Which of the following patients would be most susceptible for infection?

• 78 yo diabetic who is admitted for glucose control

• 22 yo admitted for fractured femur after MVA

• 3 yo having tonsillectomy (tonsils removed)

• 56 yo female having gallbladder surgery

You are caring for a patient who is undergoing chemotherapy and has a low WBC count. What type of precautions would you anticipate they be on?

• Standard Precautions

• Contact Precautions

• Droplet Precautions

• Neutropenic (Reverse) Precautions

• Airborne Precautions

You would implement the following precautions for a patient admitted with C. difficile

• Airborne Precautions

• Droplet Precautions

• Standard Precautions

• Contact Precautions

What does OSHA stand for?

This term refers to an infection or disease that is hospital acquired?

• Endogenous
• Exogenous
• Opportunistic

• Nosocomial

Pathogens are___

• Disease causing Microorganisms

• normal flora

• microorganisms that don't cause disease

An individual has a large number of pathogens invading the body and does not have resistance.

• Infectious Agent

• Susceptible host

• Portal of entry

• Route of transmission

The pathogen must have a place to live and grow

• Susceptible host

• Portal of entry

• Infectious agent

• Reservoir host

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

How do you break the chain of infection?

• wash hands

• clean yourself

• be careful for what you touch

• Handwashing, Disinfecting, Sterilizing, PPE.

Which of the following terms means "beginning outside" the body?

• endogenous

• nosocomial

• exogenous

• sepsis