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Complete Test Bank Fundamental Concepts and Skills
for the Patient Care Technician 1st Edition Townsend
Questions & Answers


Wash hands with soap in water for- - ANSWER 40-60 seconds

Never touch from the ECC: - ANSWER Dialyzer and bloodlines, NS spike, needles,
CVC Hubs

Bleach for Disinfection: - ANSWER -mix fresh every 24 hrs, fully immerse
equipment for 20 minutes, label opaque containers

Pt must wash access site for how long? - ANSWER 1 minute

Rub Hands with sanitizer for - ANSWER 20-30 seconds

Surface cleaning and disinfection without visible blood and less than 10 MLS: -
ANSWER With 1:100 solution

Visible blood greater than 10 MLS clean with: - ANSWER 1:10 then with 1:100
bleach cloth

Internal Machine Cleaning goes through: - ANSWER 1st with Acid Clean
2nd with Heat Disinfect cycle
3rd weekly with Chemical Disinfect with Bleach

Transducer Protector is for: - ANSWER - to monitor pressures in the ECC

3 D's: - ANSWER Discarded, disinfected, or dedicated

Clean technique: - ANSWER Routine hand hygiene

Aseptic technique: - ANSWER Used when patient could be directly exposed to
pathogens

Sterile: - ANSWER Free from bacteria or living microorganisms

MRSA is a type of: - ANSWER -I staph bacteria that is resistant to certain
antibiotics called beta-lactams

With MRSA- - ANSWER Never reuse anything

HIV: - ANSWER Transmitted by contact with infected blood, body fluids, or from
mother to child during pregnancy, birth or breast feeding

From HIV happens Aids - ANSWER

, C. Diff- - ANSWER Spore-forming gram positive anaerobic bacillus bacteria

C. Difficult is transferred to patients mainly via the hands of healthcare personnel
who have touched contaminated surface? - ANSWER True

Done PPE when performing any direct patient care activity and discard disposable
PPE at the end of the patient's treatment? - ANSWER True

HIV is transmissible from patient to patient, if infection control practices are not
followed? - ANSWER True

HIV patients must be dialyzer in an isolation room? - ANSWER False

Scabies females burrow in the epidermis of the skin and have a life span of 1-2
months? - ANSWER True

Scabies utilizes contact precautions for 7 days after effective treatment? - ANSWER
True

Influenza vaccination: - ANSWER Vaccine offered to employees free of charge,
employees can either get vaccinated or wear a mask from November 1st to March
31st and sign a consent form.

Hepatitis B (HBV) S&S - - ANSWER Nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, elevated liver
enzymes, fever, chills, weight loss, liver tenderness

Hepatitis B (HBV) - - ANSWER Inflammation of the liver caused by Hepatitis B
virus, found in all body fluids can live up on surfaces up to 7 days

Hep B patients can use the same restroom as the rest of the patients. - ANSWER

The buffer zone is a first line of defense and is used to protect susceptible patients
from HBsAg+ patients - ANSWER

Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) includes: - ANSWER Gown, gloves, mask,
and google or face shield

Hand hygiene: - ANSWER Entering and leaving treatment area
After removing gloves: every time
Before and after contact with items/surfaces at patient station
Before and after any vascular access procedures or care
After exposure to blood/bodily fluid
Before moving from one station to another
Before and after medication administration

The dialysis machine consists of two subsystems: - ANSWER 1) Dialysate delivery
system
And
2) Extracorporeal Circuit

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