Clinical Nursing Skills and Techniques Chapter 9
Questions with their correct Answers Revised and
Approved Graded Pass
Factors that influence susceptibility to infection - CORRECT ANSWER ✔️✔️ -Age
Nutritional status
Stress
Disease Processes
Medications and medical therapy
Factors that impair immune response
Health care-associated infections (HAIs) - CORRECT ANSWER ✔️✔️ -An infection that is
acquired in a hospital setting, formerly known as a nosocomial infection
Staff, patients, and environmental factors support a high population of pathogens that are
resistant to antibiotics
Chain of infection - CORRECT ANSWER ✔️✔️ -Infectious agent (pathogen)
Reservoir
Portal of exit
Means of transmission
,Portal of entry
Susceptible host
Medical Asepsis - CORRECT ANSWER ✔️✔️ -Practices designed to reduce the number and
transfer of pathogens; also known as clean technique
Hand hygiene, barrier techniques, and routine environmental cleanings
Breaking the chain of infection: Reducing numbers of infectious agent - CORRECT ANSWER
✔️✔️ -Clean contaminated products
Clean, disinfect, sterilize
Breaking the chain of infection: Reservoir (site or source of microorganism growth) -
CORRECT ANSWER ✔️✔️ -1. Hand hygiene before and after patient contact
2. Control sources of body fluids and drainage
3. Bathe patient with soap and water, chlorhexidine, disposable bath
4. Change soiled dressings
5. Dispose of soiled tissues, dressings, linen in moisture-resistant bags
6. Syringes, uncapped hypodermic needles, IV needles in designated pucture-proof containers
7. Clean and dry surfaces
8. Do not leave bottled solutions open
9. Keep solutions tightly capped
10. Keep surgical wound drainage tubes and collection bags patent
, 11. Empty and dispose of drainage suction bottles according to agency policy
Breaking the Chain of Infection: Portal of Exit (means by which microorganisms leave a site) -
CORRECT ANSWER ✔️✔️ -Respiratory
1. Avoid talking, sneezing, coughing directly over wound or sterile dressing field
2. Cover nose and mouth when sneezing or coughing
3. Wear mask if suffering respiratory tract infection
Urine, feces, emesis, and blood
1. Wear clean gloves when handling blood and body fluids
2. Wear gowns and eyewear if there is a chance of splashing fluids
3. Handle all lab specimens as if infectious
Breaking the chain of infection: Transmission - CORRECT ANSWER ✔️✔️ -1. Hand hygiene
2. Use personal set of care items for each patient
3. Avoid shaking bed linen or clothes
4. Avoid contact of soiled item with uniform
5. Discard any item that touches the floor
6. Standard precautions or select transmission-based precautions
Questions with their correct Answers Revised and
Approved Graded Pass
Factors that influence susceptibility to infection - CORRECT ANSWER ✔️✔️ -Age
Nutritional status
Stress
Disease Processes
Medications and medical therapy
Factors that impair immune response
Health care-associated infections (HAIs) - CORRECT ANSWER ✔️✔️ -An infection that is
acquired in a hospital setting, formerly known as a nosocomial infection
Staff, patients, and environmental factors support a high population of pathogens that are
resistant to antibiotics
Chain of infection - CORRECT ANSWER ✔️✔️ -Infectious agent (pathogen)
Reservoir
Portal of exit
Means of transmission
,Portal of entry
Susceptible host
Medical Asepsis - CORRECT ANSWER ✔️✔️ -Practices designed to reduce the number and
transfer of pathogens; also known as clean technique
Hand hygiene, barrier techniques, and routine environmental cleanings
Breaking the chain of infection: Reducing numbers of infectious agent - CORRECT ANSWER
✔️✔️ -Clean contaminated products
Clean, disinfect, sterilize
Breaking the chain of infection: Reservoir (site or source of microorganism growth) -
CORRECT ANSWER ✔️✔️ -1. Hand hygiene before and after patient contact
2. Control sources of body fluids and drainage
3. Bathe patient with soap and water, chlorhexidine, disposable bath
4. Change soiled dressings
5. Dispose of soiled tissues, dressings, linen in moisture-resistant bags
6. Syringes, uncapped hypodermic needles, IV needles in designated pucture-proof containers
7. Clean and dry surfaces
8. Do not leave bottled solutions open
9. Keep solutions tightly capped
10. Keep surgical wound drainage tubes and collection bags patent
, 11. Empty and dispose of drainage suction bottles according to agency policy
Breaking the Chain of Infection: Portal of Exit (means by which microorganisms leave a site) -
CORRECT ANSWER ✔️✔️ -Respiratory
1. Avoid talking, sneezing, coughing directly over wound or sterile dressing field
2. Cover nose and mouth when sneezing or coughing
3. Wear mask if suffering respiratory tract infection
Urine, feces, emesis, and blood
1. Wear clean gloves when handling blood and body fluids
2. Wear gowns and eyewear if there is a chance of splashing fluids
3. Handle all lab specimens as if infectious
Breaking the chain of infection: Transmission - CORRECT ANSWER ✔️✔️ -1. Hand hygiene
2. Use personal set of care items for each patient
3. Avoid shaking bed linen or clothes
4. Avoid contact of soiled item with uniform
5. Discard any item that touches the floor
6. Standard precautions or select transmission-based precautions
