Standard Precautions

(Select all that apply) When following requirements and best practice, sinks in early care that are used for handwashing should have:

• Bar soap

• Hand sanitizer

• Fabric towel

• Liquid soap

• Paper towel

(Select all that apply) Which of these diseases, illnesses, and/or parasites can be prevented by immunization?

• Hep A

• HIV

• Lice

• Influenza

• Measles

(Select all that apply) You get a minor cut on your finger while using the stapler in your classroom and it's oozing blood. What should you do?

• Clean, rinse, disinfect, then clean, rinse, and sanitize the stapler and any other surfaces that were contaminated by blood.

• Consider this an exposure incident and report it to your supervisor; you may also need a Hepatitis B vaccine.

• Leave work early to be evaluated by your program's designated health care provider.

• Wash the wound and apply first aid.

It is after lunch at your program and little Viv trips and cuts her lip on the lunch table. After providing her with first aid putting on new PPE gloves, what steps will you follow to safely clean up the blood on the table?

• Ask one of the children to help you clean the table.

• Clean the table with soap and water.

• Clean, rinse, disinfect, and then clean, rinse, and sanitize the table.

• Clean, rinse, and sanitize the table.

Standard precautions are primarily intended to:

• Allow people to handle chemicals safely at home.

• Protect an employer from lawsuits.

• Protect children from child abuse.

• Protect people from a possible exposure to infectious diseases or illnesses.

When a staff member becomes ill with rotavirus, a disease that causes symptoms like vomiting and diarrhea, it is likely because:

• A child coughed on them.

• They cuddled too much with a child.

• They did not probably wash their hands after diapering.

• They had contact with a child's blood.

Which of the following are some of the diseases, illnesses, and/or parasites that are spread through bloodborne transmission?

• Flesh eating bacteria

• Hepatitis A, B, or C

• HIV, Hepatitis B, or Hepatitis C

• Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever

How big is a germ?

• The size of a grain of sand.

• The thickness of one human hair.

• Too small to to see without a microscope.

• The size of Stephanie's dog.

Organize these options into the right categories​: How are these transmissions spread?

• Drinking from contaminated source

• Airborne transmission

• Not washing hands after toileting

• Direct contact

• Coughing

• Ingestion of contaminated water

• Touching an infected person

• Bloodborne

• Accidental puncture with a sharp object

• Fecal/oral

(True/False) All bloodborne pathogens are curable.

• True

• False