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WorksheetsPost Test Sharps Injuries Awareness Month
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 6mins
Which of these practices can increase the risk of sharps injury?
Recapping of needles
Handling or passing needles or sharps after use
Performing activities involving needles and sharps in a hurry
New staff not trained
Where is the most common location for incidence of sharp injuries in the hospital?
Emergency Department
Inpatient Ward
Lab
Operation Theatre
Which of these are measures taken to prevent blood borne pathogen exposures?
Implementation of standard precautions only during high risk cases
Use of Personal Protective Equipments (PPE)
Provision of safety devices
Implementation of safer procedures
A staff nurse during the night shift in the Medical Ward had just sustained a NSI.
Where should the supervisor on site send her after completion of first aid treatment?
PCM Clinic
Emergency Department
Home
Oncall Room
What is the immediate step after a needle stick injury to the skin?
Wash with water
Wash with soap and water
Wash with Chlorhexidine solution and water
Compress the injury to stop the bleeding
Which of these is NOT a Group A clinical waste?
Cotton wool
Bandages
Blood/body fluids
Blood transfusion bag
Which of these are the correct methods of handling clinical wastes?
Ensure enough containers at clinical areas
Dispose in Clinical waste bin only
Seal bags when full
Do not throw / drop the bags
What is the wrong method of transporting clinical wastes?
Use appropriate PPE
Transport the waste to main storage area by holding the neck of the clinical waste bag
Designated waste routes
Minimize transporting through patient areas
Where should you discard cytotoxic wastes?
Clinical waste bin
Sharps bin
Designated sharps bin
General waste bin
You accidentally throw your tissue paper used after handwashing into the clinical waste bin.
What should you do?
Leave it there
Pick it up and throw it into the general waste bin with gloves
