Annual Competency Exam Questions and Answers
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List three blood borne pathogens - HIV
Hepatitis B
Hepatitis C
What is hepatitis? - Inflammation of the liver
How is hep a transmitted? - Contaminated food and oral-fecal route
How is hep B and C transmitted? - Exposure to blood and body fluids of an infected person
How long can hep b live on surfaces for? - Seven days
When caring for HBV patients staff should NOT - Take care of hepatitis susceptible patients on the
same shift at the same time
Why do we dialyze hep c in the clinical area and not in isolation? - Not as contagious as hep B
What blood test indicates infection with Hep B? - HbsAg
Indicates viral presence
Tests for the antigen
What blood test indicates immunity against hep b? - HbsAb
Indicates presence of immunity
, What vaccine provides long term immunity to hep b? - Recombivax
Engerix
S/S of TB - Night sweats
Productive, persistent cought
Unexplained weight loss
Chills
Fever
Blood tinged sputum
How is TB spread? - Droplet
What can live outside of the body for seven days? How are they spread? - MRSA
VRE
Spread through contaminated hands of health care workers
What assures that MRSA patients are no longer actively infected? - Three consecutive cultures come
back negative
Precautions to take when caring for MRSA/VRE? - Contact
How to seat VRE patients - In the same cohort as people with the same bacteria
How long should you wash your hands for? With alcohol? - 40-60 seconds soap and water
20-30 seconds alcohol
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List three blood borne pathogens - HIV
Hepatitis B
Hepatitis C
What is hepatitis? - Inflammation of the liver
How is hep a transmitted? - Contaminated food and oral-fecal route
How is hep B and C transmitted? - Exposure to blood and body fluids of an infected person
How long can hep b live on surfaces for? - Seven days
When caring for HBV patients staff should NOT - Take care of hepatitis susceptible patients on the
same shift at the same time
Why do we dialyze hep c in the clinical area and not in isolation? - Not as contagious as hep B
What blood test indicates infection with Hep B? - HbsAg
Indicates viral presence
Tests for the antigen
What blood test indicates immunity against hep b? - HbsAb
Indicates presence of immunity
, What vaccine provides long term immunity to hep b? - Recombivax
Engerix
S/S of TB - Night sweats
Productive, persistent cought
Unexplained weight loss
Chills
Fever
Blood tinged sputum
How is TB spread? - Droplet
What can live outside of the body for seven days? How are they spread? - MRSA
VRE
Spread through contaminated hands of health care workers
What assures that MRSA patients are no longer actively infected? - Three consecutive cultures come
back negative
Precautions to take when caring for MRSA/VRE? - Contact
How to seat VRE patients - In the same cohort as people with the same bacteria
How long should you wash your hands for? With alcohol? - 40-60 seconds soap and water
20-30 seconds alcohol
