ATI INFECTION CONTROL QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Which product affect the permeability of gloves? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Petroleum-
based hand lotion
The use of petroleum-based hand lotions or creams can impair the integrity of latex gloves,
weakening them and increasing their permeability.
Which of the following is an advantage of using alcohol-based gel? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅Its use takes less time than washing with soap and water does.
During an 8 hour shift, an estimated 1 hour of an intensive care unit nurse's time is saved by
hand rubbing with an alcohol-based gel
Standard precautions mandate - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Disinfecting hands immediately
after removing gloves
Although it might seem as though hands covered by intact gloves would be as clean as they were
when you donned the gloves, it is an essential component of standard precautions to disinfect
your hands immediately after glove removal. This often concludes a patient-care procedure, and
hand hygiene is mandated between patient contact. Also you cannot assume that the integrity of
each glove has not been breached, that no powered or other residue remains on your hands, and
that your hands have not been contaminated during glove removal.
After assisting a newly admitted patient in removing hoes and outerware, you notice what
appears to be soil or grime on your hands. You? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Wash your
hands with soap and water
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends washing with soap and water
whenever hands are visibly dirty. In this case, it is the combination of friction, running water,
and the properties of soap that remove the soil form the hands.
A patient has a nosocomial infection. This terminology means that the patient - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅Acquired the infection while hospitalized
Which product affect the permeability of gloves? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Petroleum-
based hand lotion
The use of petroleum-based hand lotions or creams can impair the integrity of latex gloves,
weakening them and increasing their permeability.
Which of the following is an advantage of using alcohol-based gel? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅Its use takes less time than washing with soap and water does.
During an 8 hour shift, an estimated 1 hour of an intensive care unit nurse's time is saved by
hand rubbing with an alcohol-based gel
Standard precautions mandate - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Disinfecting hands immediately
after removing gloves
Although it might seem as though hands covered by intact gloves would be as clean as they were
when you donned the gloves, it is an essential component of standard precautions to disinfect
your hands immediately after glove removal. This often concludes a patient-care procedure, and
hand hygiene is mandated between patient contact. Also you cannot assume that the integrity of
each glove has not been breached, that no powered or other residue remains on your hands, and
that your hands have not been contaminated during glove removal.
After assisting a newly admitted patient in removing hoes and outerware, you notice what
appears to be soil or grime on your hands. You? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Wash your
hands with soap and water
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends washing with soap and water
whenever hands are visibly dirty. In this case, it is the combination of friction, running water,
and the properties of soap that remove the soil form the hands.
A patient has a nosocomial infection. This terminology means that the patient - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅Acquired the infection while hospitalized
