Module 5 quiz

Question 1

The term “hand hygiene” refers to the use of what?

Answer 1

1. Alcohol based rubs (70% isopropanol or ethanol)
2. Disinfectant soap and water
3. Non antibacterial soap and water

Question 2

The body substance not included in routine practice is what?

Answer 2

Sweat

Question 3

A patient in contact precautions must be what?

Answer 3

Be cohorted or placed in a private room

Question 4

If a patient requires “additional precautions”, it means what?

Answer 4

1. Routine practices are followed in working on the patient
2. Routine practices are not followed if only talking to the patient
3. Posted isolation precautions (procedures) must always be followed

Question 5

Routine practices are used for contact with what?

Answer 5

1. Blood and moist body fluid except perspiration
2. Mucous membranes
3. Non intact skin

Question 6

A significant exposure would be what?

Answer 6

1. Skin is pierced by a contaminated needle or sharp object
2. Blood or body fluid splashes on mucuous membrane or non intact skin
3. Human bite

Question 7

A positive pressure room is used when?

Answer 7

Used for patients in a protective environment rooms

Question 8

A routine handwash in a health care facility includes all the following except

1. Remove jewellery
2. wet hands before applying soap
3. Scrub with brush for 10-60 seconds
4. Rinse with running water, dry with paper towel

Answer 8

3. Scrub with brush for 10-60 seconds

Question 9

Used needles should be disposed of how?

Answer 9

Activate safety device, then place in a “sharps” container

Question 10

What routine practices should be followed by a health care worker providing care in the trauma unit on a patient with a chest wound which is spurting blood?

Answer 10

1. Gloves
2. Protective clothing
3. Face shield

Question 11

Proper use of gloves includes what?

Answer 11

1. Hand hygiene before putting gloves on and after removing gloves
2. Remove without touching the outer surfaces of the gloves with the bare hands
3. Removal of rings that might cause a tear

Question 12

The order for donning PPE is what?

Answer 12

1. Hand hygiene
2. Gown
3. Mask
4. Eye/face protection
5. Gloves

Question 13

When removing a tie mask, you should

Answer 13

Undo bottom ties first

Question 14

A negative pressure room does what?

Answer 14

Prevents room air from entering the hallway

Question 15

The most important procedure to prevent spread of infection in the healthcare setting is what?

Answer 15

Hand hygiene

Question 16

If you receive a splash of patient saliva in your eye because you forgot your googles you would do what?

Answer 16

Wash eye with lots of water, follow significant exposure protocol

Question 17

When using a gown what would you do?

Answer 17

1. Gowns should be tied down the back
2. Used gown should be folded with the outer surfaces in

Question 18

If you received a small cut with a used instrument when you tripped, fell and broke your arm, you would do what?

Answer 18

1. Perform any immediate first aid necessary for the arm
2. Allow bleeding of the cut, then wash with soap and water
3. Apply antiseptic and bandage if necessary, report

Question 19

If you are only talking to a patient in an isolation room, you would need to do what?

Answer 19

Wear only whatever PPE is indicated on the isolation notification

Question 20

When working with a patient in airborne precautions, you would be required to wear what?

Answer 20

N95 Respirator mask

Question 21

Plain (non-antibacterial) soap is recommended for us in what?

Answer 21

Staff bathrooms

Question 22

If you stuck yourself with a bloody needle you should do what?

Answer 22

1. Allow the site to bleed
2. Rinse and wash with disinfectant or soap
3. Contact supervisor

Question 23

Protective environment (reverse isolation) would be appropriate for all of the following except

1. A patient with an antibiotic resistant infection
2. Burn patient
3. Immunodeficient (immunospressed) patient
4. Kidney transplant patient

Answer 23

A patient with an antibiotic resistant infection

Question 24

A health care worker who shows signs of contact dermatitis on the hands should do what?

Answer 24

Wear gloves made of vinyl

Question 25

What PPE should be worn by a health care worker doing clerical work

Answer 25

Routine practices are not required

Question 26

If you need to clean up a large blood spill in a patient care area you must do what?

Answer 26

1. Wear gloves and other PPE
2. Contain the spill with an absorbent
3. Remove excess before decontaminating with disinfectant

Question 27

Routine practices (standard precautions/ standard practice) is what?

Answer 27

A set of recommendations to prevent infection in health care workers and others

Question 28

If you received a stick with a clean, unused needle, you would do what?

Answer 28

No need to follow post exposure protocol, but a good idea to tell a supervisor anyways

Question 29

The order for doffing PPE is what?

Answer 29

Gloves, gown, hand hygiene, eye/face protection, mask, hand hygiene

Question 30

The proper use of masks includes all of the following except what?

1. Wearing the mask around the neck when not with a patient
2. Changing the mask when it becomes wet
3. Using a mask once and discarding
4. Covering the nose and mouth with the mask

Answer 30

Wearing the mask around the neck when not with the patient

Question 31

When performing a procedure on a patient who is in airborne, droplet or contact isolation what should we follow?

Answer 31

Routine practices are used in addition to the other precautions

Question 32

When following routine practices what should we do?

Answer 32

1. Wear gloves when cleaning up blood spills
2. Wear gloves when touching mucous membranes of a patient