CCNRC On-Line Classroom Annual Training

Infection Control

CCNRC On-line Classroom Annual Training

Name: ______Unit: ______Date: ______

After reviewing the Infection Control page in the online classroom, complete this quiz and return it to Staff Development for credit.

When did you complete this in-service? (check one):

□ While on duty □ While on off duty time

*If the in-service was completed while off duty, you will be reimbursed for your time after all training requirements are completed up to 4 hours of time.

1. The nursing department is the only department that should be concerned about infection control.

True False

2. A ______infection is an infection that is acquired after being admitted to a health care setting.

3. List the common sites for a nosocomial infection:

·  ______

·  ______

·  ______

·  ______

4. The leading cause of death among residents in a nursing home is infection.

True False

5. ______is the number one way to stop the spread of infections.

6. List at least 4 times you should wash your hands.

·  ______

·  ______

·  ______

·  ______

7. Alcohol based rubs are a good substitute for handwashing unless in cases where hands are contaminated with spores such as C-diff.

True False

8. Artificial finger nails do not offer any more risk of spreading infections than natural finger nails do.

True False

9. It is CCNRC’s policy that any staff having direct contact with residents or any staff who handles food can not have artificial nails.

True False

10. It is appropriate to store the resident’s personal items in the bathrooms.

True False

11. If you run out of peri wash while doing resident care, it is appropriate to borrow the room mate’s peri wash.

True False

12. Shared items such as the shower chairs, Hoyer lift pads and the shower room itself must be cleansed with an appropriate cleaner between residents.

True False

13. Match the definition with the term

1.  Used for all contact with blood, all body fluids, secretions, excretions, non intact skin and mucous membranes of ALL patients regardless of diagnosis. / A. Contact Precautions
B. Droplet Precautions
C. Standard Precautions
D. Airborne Precautions
2.  Used with patients with known or suspected infections that can be transmitted by direct or indirect contact with the patient or with environment surfaces in the patient’s room
3.  For known or suspected infections involving microbes that can be transmitted by air such as TB.
4.  For known or suspected infections involving microbes transmitted by droplets produced by sneezing, talking and procedures – meningitis, pneumonia, influenza mumps