Week 1 Content

Question 1

What are the legislations for infection prevention and control in NSW?

Answer 1

• The work health and safety act 2011
• Safe work nsw
• Work cover nsw

Question 2

What are the 5 movements of hand hygiene?

Answer 2

1. Before Touching a Patient and their surroundings
2. Before a Procedure
3. After a procedure or after touching bodily fluids
4. After Touching a Patient
5. After Touching a Patient’s Surroundings

Question 3

What are standard precautions for infection control?

Answer 3

Hand Hygiene
- Respiratory hygiene (e.g. cough etiquette)
- PPE
- Aseptic technique (e.g. use of needle tips once)
- Needle-tips and sharps injury prevention
- Cleaning and disinfection
- Waste disposal

Question 4

What are the different types of precautions? (5)

Answer 4

1. Contact precautions
2. Droplet precautions
3. Airborne precautions
4. Combined precautions
5. Standard precautions

• Direct contact (touching patient)
• Indirect contact (touching patients surroundings)

Question 5

When do you take vital signs?

Answer 5

Minimum every 6 hours , 4 x per day

Question 6

What is blood pressure normal range ?

Answer 6

120/80

Question 7

What is pulse normal range?

Answer 7

60-100

Question 8

What is resp rate normal range?

Answer 8

12-20

Question 9

What is temp normal range ?

Answer 9

36-37.5

Question 10

What is O2 sat normal range?

Answer 10

95-100%

Question 11

What is the donning order?

Answer 11

1. Hand hygiene
2. Gown
3. Mask
4. Goggles
5. Hand hygiene
6. Gloves

Question 12

What does SAGO chart stand for?

Answer 12

Standard adult general observation chart

Question 13

What is the doffing order?

Answer 13

1. Gloves
2. Hand hygiene
3. Gown
4. Hand hygiene
5. Goggles
6. Hand hygiene
7. Mask
8. Hand hygiene