Safe Injection Practices

1. Syringes can be reused as long as you don't get blood in it.

True

False

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2. Germs such as hepatitis C virus, staph, and MRSA are invisible to the naked eye but can easily infect patients even when present in microscopic quantities.

True

False

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3. While preparing a medication you drop the syringe on the floor. What should your next action be?

You pick it up in under 5 seconds to prevent the transfer of germs.

You discard it.

You rinse it off in the sink with soap and water.

You wipe it off with Sani-Wipes to disinfect it.

The safest practice is to always enter a vial with a sterile needle and sterile syringe.

Explanation

The safest practice is to always enter a vial with a sterile needle and sterile syringe.

4. Single-dose or single-use vials should not be used for more than one patient regardless of how much medicine is remaining.

True

False

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5. It is okay to reuse a syringe as long as you are only using it to draw up medications or vaccines.

True

False

Never enter a vial with a used syringe or needle.

Explanation

Never enter a vial with a used syringe or needle.

6. Changing the needle makes a syringe safe for reuse.

True

False

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Explanation

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7. Do not use medications packaged as _______-________ for more than one patient. (Tip-Only type one of the two possible solutions in lower case and hyphenated.)

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8. Follow proper infection control practices and maintain __________ technique during the preparation and administration of injected medications.

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9. Unsafe injection practices have devastating consequences such as: (select all that apply)

Patient illness and death

Loss of clinician licenses