Infection Control

How do parasites survive?

• Take nutrients from other parasites

• Provide nutrients to their host

• Produce their own nutrients

• Take nutrients from their host

Why should healthcare workers wear PPE?

• Protection against pathogens

• All of these

• They are required

• Protection from body fluids

How should sharps be disposed of?

• Bend the needle and put in sharps container

• Recap them and throw them away

• Place the entire sharp in a sharps container

• Recap them and place them in a sharps container

At least ___ healthcare workers are required for most procedures in an isolation unit

How does a pathogen spread from one person to another?

• Portal of exit

• Infectious agent

• Source of reservoir

• Mode of transmission

Which of the following is NOT caused by viruses?

• COVID

• HIV

• Strep throat

• Chicken pox

Autoclaved items may be wrapped ______ for specific procedures ​ ​

• together
• separate

• tightly

• individually

• different

All are communicable diseases except: ​

• Malaria
• Influenza
• COVID-19
• Tuberculosis

Where must hands be kept when wearing sterile gloves?

• At the waist

• Below the waist

• Above the waist

• In the sterile field

What type of disease is contracted in a healthcare setting?

• endogenous

• exogenous

• opportunistic

• nosocomial