INFECTION CONTROL

Question 1

freedom from injection o infection materials; includes general cleanliness

Answer 1

asepsis

Question 2

denotes the presence of some microorganisms but absence of potentially infectious agents

Answer 2

clean

Question 3

an organism capable of producing disease

Answer 3

pathogen

Question 4

all practices that reduce the number and transmission of pathogens

Answer 4

medical asepsis

Question 5

practices that keep an area or object free of all microorganisms

Answer 5

surgical asepsis

Question 6

hands are rendered clean to maintain medical asepsis

Answer 6

medical hand washing

Question 7

removal of as many bacteria as possible from the hands and arms by mechanical washing and chemical disinfection to maintain surgical asepsis

Answer 7

surgical hand washing

Question 8

measures designed to prevent the spread of infection or potentially infectious microorganisms

Answer 8

isolation

Question 9

2 tiers of precaution

Answer 9

• standard
• transmission-based

Question 10

2 types of transmission-based precautions

Answer 10

• universal
• body substance isolation (BSI)

Question 11

• used in the care of all hospitalized persons regardless of their diagnosis or possible infection status
• combination of UP and BSI

Answer 11

standard precautions

Question 12

• client’s with known or suspected infections that are spread in one of 3 ways: by airborne or droplet transmission, or by contact
• used alone or in combination but always in addition to standard precaution

Answer 12

transmission-based precautions

Question 13

• prevent the spread of infection
• decrease the risk of transmitting unidentified pathogens

Answer 13

universal precaution

Question 14

• obstruct the spread of blood-borne pathogens
• use PPE to prevent exposure

Answer 14

universal precaution

Question 15

employs generic infection control precaution

Answer 15

body substance isolation (BSI)

Question 16

3 premises of BSI

Answer 16

• all have increased risk for infections from microorganisms on their mucous
• all are likely to have infectious microorganisms in all moist body sites
• a portion of client and health care workers will always be infected with potentially infectious microorganisms

Question 17

clients with illnesses transmitted by airborne droplet nuclei smaller than 5 microns (rubeola, varicella, TB)

Answer 17

airborne precautions

Question 18

clients with illness transmitted by particle droplets larger than 5 microns (diphtheria, pertussis, mumps, rubella, pneumonia)

Answer 18

droplet precautions

Question 19

Clients with illness easily transmitted by direct client contact or by contact with items in the client’s environment (infections - GI, skin, respiratory, multi-drug resistant bacteria)

Answer 19

contact preacutions

Question 20

• protect the hands
• reduces transmission of endogenous microorganism to individuals receiving care

Answer 20

gloves

Question 21

what type of gloves is used for:

Catheterization (sonda)
Venipuncture
Suctioning
Wound dressing (open wounds)
IE

Answer 21

sterile

Question 22

what type of gloves is used for:

Oral hygiene
Handline soiled articles
Offering bed pan and urinal
Perineal care
Enema
NGT insertion

Answer 22

clean gloves

Question 23

worn during procedures when the nurse’s uniform is likely to become soiled

Answer 23

gowns

Question 24

• reduce the risk for transmission by the droplet, contact and airborne routes
• to be worn by client with the infection and by all persons entering the room of the infected client

Answer 24

face masks

Question 25

indicated in situation where body substances may splatter to face

Answer 25

eyewear

Question 26

place disposable needles, syringes, and sharps into ___-resistant container

Answer 26

puncture

Question 27

reduces the number of microorganisms on the hand

Answer 27

handwashing