Safe Injection Practices

10 Questions | By Micamerino | Updated: Mar 22, 2022 | Attempts: 3547

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Injection safety, or safe injection practices, is a set of measures taken to perform injections in an optimally safe manner for patients, healthcare personnel, and others.

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1.

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.)
2.

Syringes can be reused as long as you don't get blood in it.
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
3.

Unsafe injection practices have devastating consequences such as: (select all that apply)
- A.
  
  Patient illness and death
- B.
  
  Loss of clinician licenses
- C.
  
  Legal charges/malpractice suits
- D.
  
  Criminal charges
- E.
  
  The Air Force cannot be sued for medical malpractice
4.

Single-dose or single-use vials should not be used for more than one patient regardless of how much medicine is remaining.
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
5.

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.
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
6.

In just one clinic 50,000 people were exposed to infection due to the reuse of syringes. How many patients were they able to notify?
- A.
  
  1,000 patients
- B.
  
  Half the patients
- C.
  
  All the patients were notified
- D.
  
  They weren't able to contact any of the patients.
7.

It is okay to reuse a syringe as long as you are only using it to draw up medications or vaccines.
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
8.

Follow proper infection control practices and maintain __________ technique during the preparation and administration of injected medications.
9.

Changing the needle makes a syringe safe for reuse.
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
10.

While preparing a medication you drop the syringe on the floor. What should your next action be?
- A.
  
  You pick it up in under 5 seconds to prevent the transfer of germs.
- B.
  
  You discard it.
- C.
  
  You rinse it off in the sink with soap and water.
- D.
  
  You wipe it off with Sani-Wipes to disinfect it.