Chapter 5 hartman's nursing assistant Care Exam Questions With Correct Answers
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What does infection prevention mean? - Answer the set of methods practiced in healthcare facilities to prevent and control the spread of disease
How does infection occur? - Answer when harmful microorganisms, called pathogens, invade the body and multiply
What is the chain of infection? - Ans...
Chapter 5 hartman's nursing assistant Care Exam Questions With Correct Answers What does infection prevention mean? - Answer the set of methods practiced in healthcare facilities to prevent and control the spread of disease
How does infection occur? - Answer when harmful microorganisms, called pathogens, invade the body and multiply
What is the chain of infection? - Answer A way of describing how disease is transmitted from one being to another.
Causative agent>reservoir>portal of exit> mode of transmission> portal of entry>susceptible host
which link in the chain of infection is broken by wearing gloves, and why? - Answer Mode of transmission
because you can't get the germs on your body and transmit it to someone else
define the term mucous membranes - Answer the membranes that line the body cavities that open to the outside of the body
why are elderly people at a higher risk for infection? - Answer weaker immune system
under standard precautions, what do body fluids include? - Answer saliva, sputum,urine,feces,semen, vaginal secretions, pus or other wound damage, and vomit
on whom should precautions be practiced? - Answer on everyone
What is the single most important thing a NA can do to prevent the spread of disease? - Answer wash your hands nasty
what is hand hygiene? - Answer washing your nasty dirty hands with either plain or antiseptic soap and water or using alcohol-based hand rubs
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