Infection Control Quiz - NS

The BEST way to prevent infection in a healthcare facility is to:

• wear a clean uniform daily

• wear gloves

• wash hands regularly

• change bed linens regularly

The nurse aide has been wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) that consists of a gown, gloves, and goggles while caring for a client. The nurse aide should remove the PPE:

• by removing all of the PPE at the doorway of the client's room

• by removing the gown and gloves at the doorway and the goggles outside the room

• by removing the goggles and gloves inside the room and the gown on the outside of the room

• by removing all of the PPE immediately after exiting the room

The nurse aide is using an alcohol-based product to decontaminate the hands after providing care to a client. The step that is NOT necessary when performing this procedure is:

• rubbing the hands together until the hands are dry

• covering the entire surface of the hands with the alcohol-based product

• washing the hands prior to using the alcohol-based product

• rubbing the alcohol-based product into the hands thoroughly

Signs and/or symptoms of an infection include:

• blood in the stool

• pain in the incision after surgery

• food cravings and increased energy

• fever, loss of appetite, and fatigue

The nurse aide is caring for a client when the client unexpectedly vomits. The nurse aide believes that some of the client's vomitus went in the nurse aide's eye. The first thing the nurse aide should do is to:

• rinse the eye and then clean up the client

• rinse the eye and put goggles on

• rinse the eye and report the incident to the charge nurse at once

• patch the eye until the client is stable and then report the incident

The nurse aide is required to wear a mask while caring for a client. The nurse aide should put on a new mask:

• whenever the mask becomes damp or soiled by client contaminants

• every day the nurse aide cares for the client

• when the nurse aide leaves the client's room

• every 10 minutes while the nurse aide is in the client's room

The nurse aide knows that the most important way to prevent transmission of infection is to:

• use sterile technique

• take antibiotics

• wear gloves

• wash hands

A client was admitted to a healthcare facility for surgery and after surgery became ill with a urinary tract infection. The nurse aide knows that this type of infection is:

• A. normal after surgery

• B. contagious and requires isolation

• C. caused by poor kidney function

• D. a healthcare-associated infection (HAI)

When performing hand hygiene, the nurse aide should wash the hands:

• A. for 5-10 minutes

• B. for 3-5 minutes

• C. for approximately 40 seconds to 1 minute

• D. for at least 10 seconds

A sign of infection in elderly clients that is not often seen in younger clients is:

• A. fever

• B. confusion or delirium

• C. loss of appetite

• D. loss of energy