Chapter 5 workbook-Infection Prevention
and Control Exam Questions And Correct
Answers.
Infections acquired in health care settings during the delivery of medical care -
answer✔Healthcare-associated infection
Occurs when pathogens invade the body and multiple - answer✔Infection
Methods practiced in healthcare facilities to prevent and control the spread of disease -
answer✔Infection prevention
An infection that is limited to a specific location in the body - answer✔Localized infection
A living thing that is only visible under a microscope - answer✔Microorganism/microbe
A harmful microorganism - answer✔Pathogen
An infection that is in the bloodstream and has spread throughout the body - answer✔Systemic
infection
Which link from the chain of infection is broken by wearing gloves, thus preventing the spread
of disease - answer✔Mode of transmission (a way for the disease to spread)
The following are necessary links in the chain of infection. By getting a vaccination shot for
hepatitis B, which link will a person affect to prevent him from getting this disease? -
answer✔Susceptible host (person who is likely to get the disease)
Which of the following is the primary route of disease transmission within healthcare settings? -
answer✔The hands of healthcare workers
In what type of environment do microorganisms grow best? - answer✔In a warm, moist place
True or False?
Following Standard Precautions means treating all blood, body fluids, non-intact skin, and
mucous membranes as if they were infected - answer✔True
True or False?
Under Standard Precautions, body fluids do not include saliva - answer✔False
True or False?
A nursing assistant can usually tell if someone is infectious just by looking at him -
answer✔False
True or False?
A nursing assistant should wash her hands before donning (putting on) gloves - answer✔True
True or False?
A nursing assistant should carefully recap used syringes before putting them in a container -
answer✔False
True or False?
Giving mouth care is one task that requires a nursing assistant to wear gloves - answer✔True
True or False?
A mask and protective goggles may need to be worn when emptying a bedpan - answer✔True
True or False?
Waste that contains blood can be disposed of in the regular trash can - answer✔False
Standard precautions should be practiced... - answer✔on every single person under a nursing
assistant's care
Standard Precautions include the following measures: - answer✔Wearing gloves if there is a
possibility of coming into contact with blood, body fluids, mucous membranes, or broken skin
Which of the following is true of Transmission-Based Precautions? - answer✔They are practiced
in addition to Standard Precautions
How should sharps, such as needles, be discarded? - answer✔Sharps should be placed in
biohazard containers
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