Infection Control

A health care worker only needs to wash their hands when they get to work.

• True
• False

When should gloves be changed?

• Between pt contact
• When they become visable contaminated
• If they get punctured
• All of the above

How does a pathogen get spread from one person to another person?

• Portal of Entry
• Mode of Transmission 
• Portal of Exit 
• Causative Agent

Why should transmission-based garments never be removed outside of an isolation room?

• Because there is not a bio-hazardous bag outside of the room 
• They need to stay in the rrom for the next visitor. 
• To prevent the spread of infection. 
• They can be. 

Which patients should be considered infectious?

• Those on airborne precautions 
• Those who have an open wound 
• All should be considered infectious. 

What causes infectious disease?

• Pathogen
• Non Pathogen 
• Microorganism 
• Microbe

What type of mask needs to be worn in a room where a pt is on droplet precautions? 

• HEPA Mask 
• Standard Surgical Mask 
• Respiratory Mask 

A microorganism that is not capable of causing a disease. 

• Pathogen 
• Non pathogen 
• Microbe

What should be done with juice that a patient in isolation did not drink?

• Throw it in the trash can. 
• Flush it down the toilet 
• Save it for the next pt. 
• offer it to the family

Which of the following is an example of direct contact?

• Touching the door knob after an infectious person
• Being in the same room as an infected person. 
• Touching an open wound