a-IPC Exam Study Guide (Practice Test
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34. An acute care facility reports a pandemic of Serratia marcescens bloodstream infections.
After the outbreak is beneath manage and no new instances are being reported, the IP desires
to find the source of the outbreak. The maximum appropriate epidemiology have a look at layout
to use is:
a. Retrospective cohort study
b. Prospective cohort observe
c. Case-manipulate examine
d. Cross-sectional look at - ANS-c. Case-manipulate study
88. The CDC has labeled bioterrorism dealers according to precedence. A sickness that meets
the criteria indexed under Category B is:
a. Anthrax
b. Typhus
c. Hantavirus
d. Measles - ANS-b. Typhus
114. A blood spill contaminated a pneumatic tube gadget and its contents. The leak became no
longer recognized for a period of time. After remediation of the contamination, the IP advocated
the following to save you a destiny incident:
a. Establish a way to understand spills or leaks
b. Perform a risk vulnerability analysis
c. Contract with an outdoor vendor to smooth and maintain machine
d. Restrict the usage of pneumatic tube to nonhazardous cloth - ANS-a. Establish a way to
understand spills or leaks
A case of healthcare-associated Mycobacterium chelonae respiration infection has been
diagnosed in a patient. Of the following exposures that the patient had within the facility, which
must be investigated as a potential source of the contamination?
1) Bronchoscopes
2) Dialysis
3) Hydrotherapy pool
four) Ice from faucet water used throughout surgical operation
a. 1
b. 1, three
c. 1, 3, 4
d. 1, 2, 3, 4 - ANS-b. 1, three
,A healthcare facility is present process massive preservation. Surveillance for which of the
subsequent organisms might be mainly vital at some stage in any construction or maintenance
undertaking in a healthcare facility?
A. MRSA, VRE, and other MDROs
b. Legionella and Aspergillus
c. Gram-terrible bacilli
d. Mycobacterium abscessus - ANS-b. Legionella and Aspergillus
A healthcare worker has had her uniform scrub pinnacle infected via a big blood spill that has
penetrated the cloth. Choose her satisfactory choice for observe-up from the alternatives
beneath.
A. She should be sent home immediately to take a bath
b. She need to take away the pinnacle with the aid of cautiously pulling it over her head and
then launder it in a showering machine with hot water and bleach
c. She have to take away the scrub pinnacle with the aid of the use of scissors to cut it off and
discard it in a biohazard-categorised field
d. She ought to take away the pinnacle by means of pulling it over her head and then discard it
inside the trash - ANS-c. She need to eliminate the scrub top by the use of scissors to reduce it
off and discard it in a biohazard-categorised box
A hospital administrator has proposed that single-use angiography catheters be reprocessed
and reused to cut expenses. What is the pleasant reaction to this request?
A. Single-use items are not allowed to be reprocessed
b. A cost-advantage analysis ought to be accomplished before a decision is made
c. Single-use gadgets can be reprocessed inside the facility so long as administration, Risk
Management, Legal Counsel, Supply Chain Administrator, and Infection Control representatives
say it's far allowable
d. Single-use objects may be reprocessed in a third-party facility if FDA suggestions are
followed - ANS-d. Single-use objects can be reprocessed in a 3rd-celebration facility if FDA
pointers are observed
A fundamental distinction among a potential and a retrospective
observe is that the prospective take a look at:
a. Requires a pretty small quantity of topics
b. Is typically used for checking out preliminary hypotheses
c. May require an extended follow-up duration
d. Is commonly much less steeply-priced - ANS-c. May require a long follow-up length
A important typhoon is forecast for your vicinity and you want to devise for the feasible infection
of potable water that is furnished in your facility. Which of the subsequent have to be blanketed
for your making plans?
A. You ought to have at the least someday's worth of again up water elements to be had
b. You will need one liter in line with day of drinking water for all sufferers and healthcare people
, c. All lower back up water need to be stored on website for clean get right of entry to
d. You will want as a minimum 25 gallons of water per affected person in step with day to hold
care - ANS-d. You will need as a minimum 25 gallons of water in keeping with patient in step
with day to hold care
A measles exposure from a affected person in a health center changed into identified and an
exposure workup became initiated. A body of workers exposure changed into described as
"nonimmune HCP with greater than five minutes of identical-room contact or face-to-face
contact with the index affected person." Forty- eight HCP were recognized as possible
exposures. Of those, forty four had documented immunity to measles. Of the remaining HCP,
three did not have the equal room or face-to-face contact. How many HCP have been liable to
developing measles due to this exposure?
A. 4
b. 45
c. 1
d. 48 - ANS-c. 1
A nurse manager from a Rehabilitation Unit is requesting that aerators be hooked up at the
sinks in the patient rooms on her unit. The IP must give an explanation for that:
a. Aerators need to be positioned on all sinks inside the ICU best
b. Aerators are extra powerful when combined with an ultraviolet water disinfection method
c. Aerators growth the chance of HAIs
d. Low-drift aerators are suitable for use with this populace - ANS-c. Aerators increase the
danger of HAIs
A affected person has been admitted with a wound contamination. The lab reviews that the stain
of the wound tradition is high quality for AFB and the way of life is fine for Mycobacterium
marinum. Which of the subsequent is the ideal comply with-up of this lab report?
A. No in addition observe-up is wanted
b. Place the patient on airborne isolation
c. Contact the neighborhood health branch to file the Mycobacterium contamination
d. Place the patient on Contact Precautions - ANS-a. No in addition comply with-up is needed
A affected person in has been recognized with Legionnaires' disorder that was in all likelihood
received during his live in the health center. What is the encouraged first response to this
incident?
A. All water sites inside the healthcare facility to which the affected person become exposed
have to be cultured for L. Pneumophila
b. The patient need to be located on respiration isolation until 24 hours after treatment has
started out
c. The water gadget must be superheated and flushed right away
d. All patients must immediately be provided with bottled water for ingesting - ANS-a. All water
sites inside the healthcare facility to which the patient became uncovered must be cultured for L.
Pneumophila
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34. An acute care facility reports a pandemic of Serratia marcescens bloodstream infections.
After the outbreak is beneath manage and no new instances are being reported, the IP desires
to find the source of the outbreak. The maximum appropriate epidemiology have a look at layout
to use is:
a. Retrospective cohort study
b. Prospective cohort observe
c. Case-manipulate examine
d. Cross-sectional look at - ANS-c. Case-manipulate study
88. The CDC has labeled bioterrorism dealers according to precedence. A sickness that meets
the criteria indexed under Category B is:
a. Anthrax
b. Typhus
c. Hantavirus
d. Measles - ANS-b. Typhus
114. A blood spill contaminated a pneumatic tube gadget and its contents. The leak became no
longer recognized for a period of time. After remediation of the contamination, the IP advocated
the following to save you a destiny incident:
a. Establish a way to understand spills or leaks
b. Perform a risk vulnerability analysis
c. Contract with an outdoor vendor to smooth and maintain machine
d. Restrict the usage of pneumatic tube to nonhazardous cloth - ANS-a. Establish a way to
understand spills or leaks
A case of healthcare-associated Mycobacterium chelonae respiration infection has been
diagnosed in a patient. Of the following exposures that the patient had within the facility, which
must be investigated as a potential source of the contamination?
1) Bronchoscopes
2) Dialysis
3) Hydrotherapy pool
four) Ice from faucet water used throughout surgical operation
a. 1
b. 1, three
c. 1, 3, 4
d. 1, 2, 3, 4 - ANS-b. 1, three
,A healthcare facility is present process massive preservation. Surveillance for which of the
subsequent organisms might be mainly vital at some stage in any construction or maintenance
undertaking in a healthcare facility?
A. MRSA, VRE, and other MDROs
b. Legionella and Aspergillus
c. Gram-terrible bacilli
d. Mycobacterium abscessus - ANS-b. Legionella and Aspergillus
A healthcare worker has had her uniform scrub pinnacle infected via a big blood spill that has
penetrated the cloth. Choose her satisfactory choice for observe-up from the alternatives
beneath.
A. She should be sent home immediately to take a bath
b. She need to take away the pinnacle with the aid of cautiously pulling it over her head and
then launder it in a showering machine with hot water and bleach
c. She have to take away the scrub pinnacle with the aid of the use of scissors to cut it off and
discard it in a biohazard-categorised field
d. She ought to take away the pinnacle by means of pulling it over her head and then discard it
inside the trash - ANS-c. She need to eliminate the scrub top by the use of scissors to reduce it
off and discard it in a biohazard-categorised box
A hospital administrator has proposed that single-use angiography catheters be reprocessed
and reused to cut expenses. What is the pleasant reaction to this request?
A. Single-use items are not allowed to be reprocessed
b. A cost-advantage analysis ought to be accomplished before a decision is made
c. Single-use gadgets can be reprocessed inside the facility so long as administration, Risk
Management, Legal Counsel, Supply Chain Administrator, and Infection Control representatives
say it's far allowable
d. Single-use objects may be reprocessed in a third-party facility if FDA suggestions are
followed - ANS-d. Single-use objects can be reprocessed in a 3rd-celebration facility if FDA
pointers are observed
A fundamental distinction among a potential and a retrospective
observe is that the prospective take a look at:
a. Requires a pretty small quantity of topics
b. Is typically used for checking out preliminary hypotheses
c. May require an extended follow-up duration
d. Is commonly much less steeply-priced - ANS-c. May require a long follow-up length
A important typhoon is forecast for your vicinity and you want to devise for the feasible infection
of potable water that is furnished in your facility. Which of the subsequent have to be blanketed
for your making plans?
A. You ought to have at the least someday's worth of again up water elements to be had
b. You will need one liter in line with day of drinking water for all sufferers and healthcare people
, c. All lower back up water need to be stored on website for clean get right of entry to
d. You will want as a minimum 25 gallons of water per affected person in step with day to hold
care - ANS-d. You will need as a minimum 25 gallons of water in keeping with patient in step
with day to hold care
A measles exposure from a affected person in a health center changed into identified and an
exposure workup became initiated. A body of workers exposure changed into described as
"nonimmune HCP with greater than five minutes of identical-room contact or face-to-face
contact with the index affected person." Forty- eight HCP were recognized as possible
exposures. Of those, forty four had documented immunity to measles. Of the remaining HCP,
three did not have the equal room or face-to-face contact. How many HCP have been liable to
developing measles due to this exposure?
A. 4
b. 45
c. 1
d. 48 - ANS-c. 1
A nurse manager from a Rehabilitation Unit is requesting that aerators be hooked up at the
sinks in the patient rooms on her unit. The IP must give an explanation for that:
a. Aerators need to be positioned on all sinks inside the ICU best
b. Aerators are extra powerful when combined with an ultraviolet water disinfection method
c. Aerators growth the chance of HAIs
d. Low-drift aerators are suitable for use with this populace - ANS-c. Aerators increase the
danger of HAIs
A affected person has been admitted with a wound contamination. The lab reviews that the stain
of the wound tradition is high quality for AFB and the way of life is fine for Mycobacterium
marinum. Which of the subsequent is the ideal comply with-up of this lab report?
A. No in addition observe-up is wanted
b. Place the patient on airborne isolation
c. Contact the neighborhood health branch to file the Mycobacterium contamination
d. Place the patient on Contact Precautions - ANS-a. No in addition comply with-up is needed
A affected person in has been recognized with Legionnaires' disorder that was in all likelihood
received during his live in the health center. What is the encouraged first response to this
incident?
A. All water sites inside the healthcare facility to which the affected person become exposed
have to be cultured for L. Pneumophila
b. The patient need to be located on respiration isolation until 24 hours after treatment has
started out
c. The water gadget must be superheated and flushed right away
d. All patients must immediately be provided with bottled water for ingesting - ANS-a. All water
sites inside the healthcare facility to which the patient became uncovered must be cultured for L.
Pneumophila
