Infectious Control Part 1

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INFECTIOUS CONTROL PART 1

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Lola Agbetunsin |Teacher & Student Mentor |

Lola Agbetunsin, an educator with a mission to guide students on their journey to success and provide them with the tools they need for a bright future.

Infectious Control Part 1

When using 10% bleach to disinfect, make the 10% bleach

What is the most important and effective way of preventing the spread of infection?

Choose all of the situations that would call for handwashing

The type of transmission based precautions can be combined for diseases that have multiple modes of transmission

During handwashing, hands and wrists should be lathered, and hands should be rubbed vigorously for at least

Hands should be held in a downward position and rinsed from the arm or wrist towards the tip of fingers

Hand operated faucet handles which could have contaminated surfaces should not be touched with the bare hands, but should be turned on and off using a clean disposable towel

A location where microorganisms survive in sufficient quantities to cause disease (e.g. hands, blood, body fluids, air)

A person with the potential to become infected.

The way a pathogen is transferred from the source to the susceptible host (e.g. touching patients, needle stick injuries, coughing, contaminated food or water)

Infection control procedures are designed to break the chain of infection.

The current CDC isolation guidelines require health care workers to follow the ________________________ when working with patients diagnosed or suspected of a specific transmissible disease

Which are true of hepatitis B vaccination?

Which of the following are PPE

In hospitals, patients who require airborne precautions are placed in an AIIR room. what is AIIR

CDC requires how at least how many air changes per hour in an AIIR

Healthcare personnel transporting patients who are on Airborne Precautions do not need to wear a mask or respirator during transport if the patient is wearing a mask and infectious skin lesions are covered

For patients with skin lesions associated with varicella or smallpox or draining skin lesions caused by M. tuberculosis, cover the affected areas to prevent aerosolization or contact with the infectious agent in skin lesions

If transport or movement outside an AIIR is necessary

Wear a ________________respiratory protection when entering the room or home of a patient with diseases transmitted by airborne route

In acute care hospitals and long-term care and other residential settings, limit transport and movement of patients outside of the room to

For patients with skin lesions associated with varicella or smallpox or draining skin lesions caused by M. tuberculosis, __________ to prevent aerosolization or contact with the infectious agent in skin lesions

Wear a__________ whenever anticipating that clothing will have direct contact with the patient or potentially contaminated environmental surfaces or equipment in close proximity to the patient.