Infection Control: The Basics

Infection Control: The Basics
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1. Transmission of infectious agents within healthcare requires a certain sequencing of elements that allow infection to occur. What is this called?*

Chain of commandChain of infectionChain of transmissionChain of illness
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2. What is an example of an illness that requires droplet precautions?*

InfluenzaMeaslesHepatitisTuberculosis
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3. What is an example of an illness that requires airborne precautions?*

HIVCommon coldTuberculosisMRSA
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4. Which of the following statements is accurate about standard precautions?*

Standard precautions are based on the principle that all blood, body fluids, secretions, excretions, and non-intact skin are potentially infectiousStandard precautions only include handwashing. If more precautions are needed, the appropriate transmission-based precaution should be implementedStandard precautions do not require the use or masks or face shieldsStandard precautions are only for use with persons who have been identified as high risk for infection or who are currently infected
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5. Which link in the chain of infection do standard precautions break?*

ReservoirPortal of entryPortal of exitMethod of transmission
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6. If one link in the chain of infection is missing, an infection can still spread.*

TrueFalse
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7. Luis fails to perform hand hygiene after caring for Nicole, who has MRSA. He then moves on to care for Theodore, who then contracts MRSA. What method of transmission does this represent?*

DirectIndirectDropletAirborne
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8. Which of the following statements is accurate about airborne transmission?*

A person must have direct contact with the infected personPathogens transmitted by airborne transmission can only travel short distancesTuberculosis is the only disease transmitted through airborne transmissionA person does not have to have face-to-face contact with an infected person
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