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PNUR 128 Exam 1 Questions And Answers
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Chain of infection ANS✔✔ infectious agent, reservoir, portal of exit, mode of
transmission, portal of entry, susceptible host
medical aspesis vs surgical aspesis ANS✔✔ Medical is a clean technique vs
surgical it's a sterile field
When do we wear gloves? ANS✔✔ -when possibility of touching blood, other
body fluids
-when providing care that requiures touching mucus membranes
-when pt OR YOU have broken skin
-when you handle items/surfaces soiled w/blood or other body fluid
Infection control purposes ANS✔✔ Protecting clients from acquiring
infections
Protect the health care workers and their loved ones
Effective infection control ANS✔✔ Consistent use of routine precautions of
all patients
Recognition of infection requiring additional transmission based precautions
Notifying/instructing staff, volunteers visitors and other residents of
precautions
Timely reporting to public health
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What is c diff ANS✔✔ Clostridium difficile
Norovirus ANS✔✔ a contagious gastrointestinal illness
MRSA ANS✔✔ (methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus)
VRE ANS✔✔ (vancomycin-resistant enterococcus
Tuberculosis ANS✔✔ An infectious disease that may affect almost all tissues
of the body, especially the lung
Routine practices (infection control) ANS✔✔ Risk assessment (have you
travelled recently)
At admission and ongoing
Risk reduction
Education
ARO screening ANS✔✔ Admission screening for MRSE and VRE, antibiotic
resistant organism screening
Additional precautions ANS✔✔ contact, droplet, airborne
Isolation precautions ANS✔✔ Clients are room bound, expect Loneliness,
specific procedures are followed supplies stored outside room
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protective (reverse) isolation ANS✔✔ Client is at risk from pathogens them
around them burn victims, bone-marrow transplant, AIDS, chemotherapy
recipients
contact precautions direct ANS✔✔ Reduce direct transmission from contact
with infectious organisms ( found on sick mucous membrane wounds, in
bodily fluids of infected individuals) don't need mask do need gown and
gloves
Indirect contact precautions ANS✔✔ Organisms found on objects
Droplet precaution ANS✔✔ Patient should be kept in private room, wear
mask and visor if within 6 feetslimit patient transportif needed client wears
masks, usually droplet comes with contact precautions because client
coughs then lands somewhere examples are flu, whooping cough
Airborne precautions ANS✔✔ Patient must be placed in private room with
monitored negative pressure, doors closed, wear N95 respirator mask when
entering room, limit patient transport to only essential purposes, use
surgical mask on patients to transport ex. Tb,chickenpox
PPE (personal protective equipment) ANS✔✔ gloves, gown, mask, eye
protection, face shield
PPE Donning order ANS✔✔ hand hygiene, gown, mask, eyes, gloves
PPE Doffing procedure disposables ANS✔✔ Untie the gown side tie,cross
arms pull toward, roll away take gloves off, if wearing mask take off,
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