Infection Prevention Quiz

1. True or False: Infection Prevention are the only ones that can discontinue Contact Plus isolation.

True

False

2. If you have a rule out TB patient, but a negative pressure room is not readily available, what should you do?

Do not admit the patient

Have the patient wait in the waiting roomwith a surgical mask on

Admit the patient into a regular room, making sure to keep the door closed

Place the patient in a regular room, call facilities for a HEPA filter to place at te bedside and keep the door closed

What is true about CRE?

A. It is a family of Gram-negative bacteria that is prominent in your gut and growing increasingly resistant to nearly all types of antibiotics.

B. It’s an MDRO that requires contact precautions

C. Patients whose care requires devices like ventilators (breathing machines), urinary (bladder) catheters, or intravenous (vein) catheters, and patients who are taking long courses of certain antibiotics are most at risk for CRE infections.

All the above

How long do Cavi wipes need to stay wet to disinfect a surface?

6 mins

As long as it's wet it's disinfected

3 min

10 mins

Clostridium Difficile can stay on a surface if not properly disinfected for:

1 day

2 weeks

48 hours

5 months

ESBL (extended spectrum beta lactamase) organisms require what type of isolation?

Airborne

No isolation required

Contact precautions, regardless of history or current status

Contact Plus

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