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WorksheetsWeek #1, Lab day #1-Infection Control & Safety
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 12mins
Place the items in order of donning your PPE
gown
mask
eye protection (goggles or face shield)
gloves
When is the use of hand sanitizer not effective or acceptable to cleanse hands?
After using the bathroom
Before eating lunch
After caring for a patient with Clostridium Difficile
After removing gloves
Before entering a patients room
In medical hand washing, it is important to keep hands lower than the elbows, so that water flows from arms to the fingertips; the rationale behind this technique is:
Prevent the nurses’ clothes to get wet which can lead to contamination
The position is ergonomically correct
Hands are more contaminated than forearms
To maintain the flow of water directly in the sink and prevent splashing water to the surrounding area
What is the appropriate flow and water temperature during hand washing?
Medium flow and hot water
Fast flow and cool water
Slow flow and warm water
Medium flow and warm water
Bloodborne Pathogens can enter the body through which of the following means?
A critical, unexpected adverse event that caused severe physical or psychological harm to a patient, including death, permanent injury, or severe, temporary injury is called
A patient safety event
A sentinel event
An error
A near miss
A nurse begins the process of medication administration for her patient when she notices that her patient is allergic to the medication ordered. This is an example of
a patient safety event
a near miss
a medication error
a sentinel event
The single most important step in preventing the spread of infection is
isolation precautions
standard precautions
using sterile technique
hand hygiene
The following are reasons to use contact precautions
Clostridium Difficile
Influenza
draining abcess
Diarrhea caused by rotavirus
Which of the following illnesses should employ airborne precautions?
influenza
Chicken pox
Tuberculosis
Diarrhea caused by rotavirus
Droplet precautions should be used for all of the following except
Tuberculosis
Clostridium Difficile
Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV)
Influenza
Match the following meanings with their definitions
Surgical Asepsis
Reduces the number of microorganisms in an area
Medical Asepsis
Eliminates all pathogens in an area
Standard precautions
Must wear gloves when coming into contact with any body fluids. Applied to all patients.
Place items in the correct order for doffing PPE
Gloves
Goggles or face shield
Gown
Mask or Respirator (N95)
