2017 Infection Prevention and Control/Flu/TB/Basics Test Answer Key

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1 Name: School: Instructor: Date: 2017 Infection Prevention and Control/Flu/TB/Basics Test Answer Key For questions about this test, contact Infection Prevention and Control at When do you perform hand hygiene? Before and after touching a patient Before performing clean procedures 2. After you wet your hands and apply soap you rub your hands together for at least: 20 seconds 10 seconds 15 seconds 3. Foam In, Foam Out means: Clean your hands with waterless alcohol hand rub whenever you enter or leave a patient room. Clean your hands before and after eating. Clean your hands after caring for a C-diff patient. 4. What do you check every day in food and medication refrigerators? Expired food and medications Proper temperature 5. Clean patient care equipment with: Household bleach Alcohol foam Approved hospital disinfectant 6. Which of these statements are TRUE? Keep clean linen covered at all times. Place soiled linen only in blue linen bags. 7. When you treat all blood and body fluids as if they are potentially infectious it is called: An outbreak Standard Precautions Contact Isolation Page 1 of 5

2 8. Use PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) if you anticipate any exposure to blood or body fluids. 9. Use red biohazard bags: After using a 2X2 for glucometer testing. For disposing items that are saturated with blood that can be squeezed from the item. To contain trash from an isolation room. 10. If you are exposed to blood or bodily fluids, always first contact: Your immediate supervisor and Occupational Health. Infection Prevention and Control. Your family doctor. 11. The strongest risk factor for a person to progress to TB disease is: Having been in prison HIV diagnosis IV drug use 12. A person with latent TB infection would: Have a positive TST or TB blood test Have symptoms such as cough and night sweats Be able to spread TB to others 13. If there is a patient with suspected or confirmed Tuberculosis, what type of isolation is needed? Contact Droplet Airborne 14. If a patient has bloody sputum without explanation and has traveled to Asia within past year what should be done? Nothing, patient does not present with any other symptoms Offer patient tissue and ask patient if there was any exposure to sick contacts while traveling Place patient in airborne isolation and notify physician as well as Infection Prevention since he scored a 6 on TB screening criteria 15. All Associates, prior to entering an AIIR, must wear the following PPE: Surgical mask N95 mask Gloves only 16. Engineering performed negative pressure checks of an occupied AIIR how often: Hourly Daily Weekly Page 2 of 5

3 17. The influenza virus is spread by of those infected. A handshake Respiratory droplets A relative 18. It takes about for protection to develop after vaccination, and lasts through the flu season. 2 days 2 months 2 weeks 19. CDC recommends that all persons receive an annual influenza vaccine. From infancy Over 80 6 months and older 20. I need to get a flu vaccine every year(s) In addition to getting the flu vaccine, I can help prevent the spread of the influenza virus by covering my nose and mouth with a tissue when I cough or sneeze, staying home if I m sick (and calling the sick line) and: Washing my hands often Calling the Compliance Hot Line Not going out in public during flu season 22. When a patient is on Droplet Precautions the door MUST remain closed. 23. Modified Contact Precautions means Wash hands with soap and water Use bleach when disinfecting patients room and equipment The presence of spore-forming bacteria such as Clostridium difficile or Norovirus All of the above 24. For Airborne Precautions and discharge criteria; the door must be closed and the room remain empty for: 60 minutes 59 minutes 69 minutes 100 minutes Page 3 of 5

4 25. Before transporting any patient on Isolation Precautions, it is necessary to notify the receiving department prior to arrival. 26. In using the patient bed to transport; bed rails and head/foot board must be disinfected prior to transport. 27. Modified Droplet Precautions is used for Regular flu Clostridium difficile infection Novel(new) influenza viruses 28. For Modified Contact Precautions, after initial positive results, the patient can be removed from precautions once they have a negative stool culture. 29. All surfaces in a patient room may be contaminated. 30. I should perform hand hygiene after: Patient contact Contact with patients environment Blood and body fluid exposure Removing gloves All of the above 31. When is wearing PPE in the hallway acceptable? a. When rehab staff is ambulating a patient on isolation precautions b. When utilizing ambu-bag during transport c. Both a and b 32. I can reuse an isolation gown for the same patient as long as I carefully take it off and hang it up. 33. Patient equipment must be cleaned and disinfected: After patient use Prior to removing from patient room Prior to storage in rooms or alcoves Prior to use if stored in an alcove All of the above 34. I can reuse a single use product for another patient as long as I clean and disinfect it. Page 4 of 5

5 35. Sterile and clean supplies must be stored separately. 36. I do not need to disinfect the top of the medication vial after removing the plastic cap. 37. Infection Prevention is the responsibility of all staff. Page 5 of 5