OSHA lists standard safeguards to protect workers from health hazards related to blood-borne
pathogens. The reason for these standards is there is: - answer✔✔a significant health risk
associated with exposure to blood.
How is Hep B transmitted? - answer✔✔By sexual and/or blood-blood contact.
Which hepatitis is the cause of most liver transplants? - answer✔✔Hep C
The virus that causes AIDS is - answer✔✔Human Immunodeficiency Virus
How are blood borne pathogens spread? - answer✔✔Person is susceptible to the pathogen
Quantity of pathogen present is enough to cause disease
Pathogen enters through the correct entry site
What is the best way to protect oneself from blood borne pathogens? - answer✔✔Standard
precautions
What is the major difficulty in treating a client with a condition caused by a multi drug resistant
organism? - answer✔✔The microorganisms have become so resistant that no available
antibiotics are effective against them.
Prevention of multi drug resistant organisms in healthcare settings rely on appropriate clinical
practices that are incorporated into all routine patient care. What components are part of an
effective prevention plan? - answer✔✔Accurate diagnosis of infectious etiologies
Optimal management of vascular and urinary catheters
Prevention of lower respiratory tract infections in intubated patients
Report all contamination errors that occur during any procedure
Common multi drug resistant organisms include (MRSA) and vancomycin-resistant enterococci
(VRE) - answer✔✔TRUE
Antibiotic resistance occurs when bacteria change in some way that reduces or eliminates the
effectiveness of substances designed to cure/prevent infections - answer✔✔TRUE
Repeated and improper use of antibiotics are primarily causes of the increase in drug resistant
bacteria - answer✔✔TRUE
According to the Morse Fall Scale Assessment a patient has a high risk of falling. The patient fell
while being toileted by the nursing staff. By definition how would this fall be classified? -
answer✔✔Anticipated physiological fall.
The nurse is completing in-patient admission assessments on a group of new patients. Based on
the intrinsic factors present, which patient should the nurse identify as being at the highest risk
for a fall? The patient who has: - answer✔✔A history of diabetes for 25 years, has fallen at home
occasionally, wears shoes anytime he is out of bed, and understands the sensations in his feet are
limited.
The nurse is determining steps that could be taken to reduce the patient's extrinsic risk for falls.
Which nursing intervention could the nurse plan to reduce the patient's fall risk? -
answer✔✔Availability of needed assistive devices
Condition of the flooring surfaces
Bathroom support equipment for the toilet and shower
Lighting in the patient's room
When developing a risk management plan take into account that there is no single risk factor or
single approach solution. The plan must be multidisciplinary and multi-factorial in approach and
be tailored to the individual. Which fall prevention program is most likely to be effective? One
which - answer✔✔is designed and overseen by a multi-disciplinary team that uses a patient
education approach.
What is the benefit of implementing a standardized fall risk assessment at the time of admission?
- answer✔✔All necessary fall prevention resources that target the specific risk factors can be
implemented early.
According to the Center of Disease Control (CDC), what is the purpose of Standard Precautions?
- answer✔✔Protect healthcare practitioners and patients from the spread of infections.
What are the components of Standard Precautions? - answer✔✔Personal Protective Equipment
Safe handling of potentially contaminated equipment and surfaces in the patient environment
Hand Hygiene
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