Infection Control Units 2-4 Practice

According to the CDC, standard precautions are the minimum infection guidelines that apply to:

• Patients with infectious diseases

• Patients in critical condition

• All patients in any healthcare setting

• Patients in long-term care facilities

When should healthcare workers perform hand hygiene?

• After touching a patient or the immediate patient care environment

• After contact with blood, body fluids, or contaminated surfaces

• Immediately before touching a patient

• All of the above

If a healthcare worker has a wound or skin condition that is likely to seep or bleed, what should they do?

• Continue patient contact without any precaution

• Avoid direct contact with patients

• Bandage the wound or skin condition

• Limit patient contact

What should be done with used sharps?

• Recapped and reused

• Placed into puncture-proof, biohazardous waste containers

• Bent or broken after use

• Stored in convenient places throughout a medical facility

How should dirty linens be contained to prevent contamination?

• Roll them inward carefully

• Shake them to remove any debris

• Leave them open for ventilation

• Sort them in patient care areas

Which of the following best defines a communicable disease?

• An infectious disease that cannot spread from person to person

• An infectious disease caused by pathogens that are transmitted from one person to another

• An infectious disease that spreads through indirect contact

• An infectious disease that spreads through airborne particles

What is the main goal of infection control practices?

• To prevent the transmission of communicable diseases

• To treat communicable diseases

• To diagnose communicable diseases

• To educate people about communicable diseases

What are the three types of transmission-based precautions?

• Standard, droplet, and airborne

• Contact, droplet, and airborne

• Droplet, airborne, and respiratory

• Airborne, respiratory, and standard

Which type of transmission-based precaution requires wearing a surgical mask?

• Contact

• Droplet

• Airborne

• Respiratory

Which type of transmission-based precaution requires wearing a respirator/N95 mask?

• Contact

• Droplet

• Airborne

• Respiratory