Relias - Infection Control: Essential Principles Questions and Answers Graded A+

Relias - Infection Control: Essential Principles Questions and Answers Graded A+ When should you use soap and water instead of an alcohol-based product when performing hand hygiene? Visible soiling is present. What is an example of an illness that requires airborne precautions? Tuberculosis Which type of transmission is the most common way infection is transmitted from one person to another? Contact transmission Transmission of infectious agents within a health care setting requires a certain sequencing of elements that allows infection to occur. What is this sequence called? Chain of infection Droplet precautions are used when the infectious agent is a small particle that can survive in the air for long periods of time. false Airborne precautions are used when the infectious agent is a small particle that can survive in the air for long periods of time. True Droplet precautions are used when the infectious agent is a small particle that can survive in the air for long periods of time. False What is the most effective way to prevent infection? Hand hygiene What is an example of an illness that requires droplet precautions? influenza Which of the following is most likely to be a vehicle for indirect contact transmission? hands of a health care worker