Infection Control Test

Name *

First Name

Last Name

Exposure is defined as?

Personal contact with client - Hand shaking - Touching intact skin when bathing or Peri Care - Giving a back rub

Handling food tray

Injury with contaminated sharp object - Spills, Splashes into non-intact skin, eyes, mouth, or nose - Blood exposure covering a large area.

None of the above

What is not considered Exposure?

Handling assistive devices with clients

Using public bathrooms

Touching intact skin while bathing or cleaning a client

All of the above

Which of the following are examples of Universal Precautions?

Performing client bathing or peri care without gloves - Continuing to wear clothing that has been exposed to bodily fluids - Leaving soiled linens in a hamper to be washed at a later time

Good handwashing technique - Wearing gloves when touching bodily fluids - Cleaning bodily fluid spills promptly - Wear gloves when laundering visibly soiled linen - Reporting cuts or open sores to your manager prior to client service.

Changing client wound bandages - Not wearing a mast when experiencing cold or flu symptoms - Waiting to the end of your shift to report a client exposure incident

None of the above

Where can materials used for cleaning bodily fluids safely be disposed?

CMC or plastic trash bag from client residence

A plastic grocery bag

Directly in the client garbage bin

All of the above

Soap and water are effective for cleaning nasal canulas, masks, tubing, mouthpiece of inhalers, and humidifiers?

True

False

Soiled bed pans and bedside commodes should be cleaned using soap and water and then disinfected.

True

False

Always read and follow labeled directions for disinfectants.

True

False

How is Hepatitis B transmitted from person to person?

Blood & bodily fluids

Airway or nasal inhilation

Contact with used client equipment

All of the above

Tuberculosis is spread person to person through?

Direct contact of bodily fluids with gloved hands

Sexually transmitted disease

Airborne through cough, speaking, or sneezes.

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If your eyes are exposed by splash or mucous membrane you should immediately.

Use eye drops to flush any fluids or particulate

Flush your eyes with clean water for at least 15 minutes

Wipe eyes areas with warm damp cloth

None of the above

If you are exposed through a cut, puncture, sore, or lesion then the following should be used to treat the effected area.

Wrap with a bandage and clean with soap and water at your earliest availability

Wash area with soap and water and apply first aide

Put a bandage on the cut and put gloves on over that

All of the above

Clothing that is exposed to blood or bodily fluid should be

Wipe with disposable laundry wipe and finish your shift

Let fluids dry before removing clothing for laundering at a dry cleaner

Immediately cleaned in a solution of soap and 10% bleach

All of the above