Healthstream: Contact and Droplet questions and answers

Healthstream: Contact and Droplet
questions and answers
In order for Pathogens to be transmitted via the droplet route, droplets must
land on which of the following:✔✔Any mucous membrane


You are assisting with a procedure that could cause splashes of blood. You
should wear a mask if the patient is on:✔✔Standard precautions


A cohort of patients isolated together for the purpose of infection containment
is described as having which of the following:✔✔The same active infection,
with no other infections present


Which of the following is most important to prevent the spread of disease
from patients on contact precautions to staff and visitors?✔✔Good hand
hygiene


Leaving the room of a patient on droplet precautions because of respiratory
infection, healthcare workers do not need to perform hand hygiene if they did
not touch the patient✔✔False


Which precautions should be used for all hospitalized patients?✔✔Standard
precautions


A patient should be placed on contact precautions if any of the following
conditions are present except:✔✔Patient has whooping cough (pertussis)


Patients with which of the following should be placed on droplet
precautions:✔✔Strep throat