Infection Prevention & Control – eLearning

1. Health care-associated infections are:

2. Microbes are:

3. Chain of infection requires certain events to occur to be successful.

4. Exogenous source of infective organisms is.

5. Horizontal transmission of infection means transmission from person to person?

6. For an infection to occur there are several predictors that need to be present.

7. A patient colonized with infection is:

8. Standard precautions are routine practices, and processes designed to prevent the transmission of infective agents and are implemented:

9. Hand hygiene is the single most effective measure to prevent the transmission of infection from person to person, person to the environment. The correct moments for patient care are:

10. Personal protective equipment (PPE) is a variety of barriers worn to protect staff from contact with blood and body fluids, secretions and secretions and patients from infective agents transmitted by healthcare workers.

11. Transmission Based Precautions are extra practices implemented when standard precautions alone may not be sufficient to prevent highly infectious microbes.

12. Processing reusable medical devices (RMDs) is an important standard precaution. Processing RMDs entails:

13. Waste in a healthcare facility requires knowing what constitutes clinical waste, the appropriate handling and disposal of clinical waste.

14. Contaminated sharps can be a risk of transmitting blood borne viruses and other infective agents.

15. Appropriate handling, disposal and storage of linen is a component of standard precautions that requires healthcare workers to be responsible in the manner they handle, transport and dispose of dirty linen; and how they store clean linen:

16. Staff health programs ensures the health service organisation provides a safe working environment for its staff. An integral component of a staff health program is evidence of the immune status for vaccine preventable diseases of all staff. This data should include:

17. Occupational exposure to blood and body fluid for healthcare workers can result in the transmission of blood borne viruses, Hepatitis B. Hepatitis C or Human Immunodeficiency virus. The adequate management of an exposure injury requires:

18. Respiratory etiquette is a standard precaution that prevents the transmission of infective agents spread via coughing, sneezing and nose blowing. Important steps in preventing transmission of respiratory microbes:

19. A clean environment is a standard precaution that is important in limiting infection transmission. To achieve a clean environment the following is important:

20. Clinical healthcare workers should be familiar with the principals of the framework, and be competent in the practices, that is referred to as aseptic technique. The following form part of the framework principals and practices.

21. With the emergence of drug resistant organisms there is emphasis on reducing the inappropriate use of antimicrobials, seen as vitally important in stemming the impending threat to human health . There are a few practices which can help to assist this:

22. Understanding antimicrobial resistance and how it can be contained is important for Nurses to assist safeguarding the effectiveness of antimicrobials.