NURS B260 - Asepsis Exam Questions with Correct Answers Latest Update 2025

NURS B260 - Asepsis Exam Questions with Correct Answers Latest Update 2025 practices that REDUCE/LIMIT the numer, growth, and direct/indirect transfer of disease producing microorganisms - Answers medical asepsis (clean technique) measures that rendeer and maintain objects free from ALL microorganisms, including spores - Answers surgical asepsis (sterile technique) - UTI - surgical wound infection - nosocomial pneumonia - bacterial anemia - burn wound - enteric infection (d/t food/water) - Answers what are the top nosocomial infections? - a susceptible host - an infectious agent - Answers what TWO components must be present for an infection to occur? - microorganism/infectious agent - reservoir - portal of exit - mode of transmission - portal of entry - susceptible host - Answers what are the SIX links in the chain of infection? ANY microorganism is potentially pathogenic (has potential to cause disease in susceptible host) - Answers microorganism/infectious agent - sterilization - antibiotics - handwashing - Answers how is the chain broken b/w the microorganism and the reservoir? microorganisms that normally inhabit a body site (e.g. E. coli) - Answers normal flora - source of infectious agent - any habitat of the organism, place where it can grow and reproduce - Answers reservoir - personal hygiene - dressing changes - disposal of fluid canisters - changing soiled linens - Answers how is the chain broken b/w the reservoir and portal of exit? - the way the infectious agent leaves the reservoir - respiratory (e.g. nose & mouth), GI tract (e.g. mouth, anus, & drainage), urinary tract (e.g. urethral meatus, urinary diversion, ostomy), reproductive tract (e.g. vagina & penis), blood (e.g. open wound, needle puncture site, drainage), integumentary (e.g. breaks in skin, body orifice/natural or thorough surgical intervention) - Answers portal of exit - dry intact dressings - covering mouth and nose when sneezing - handwashing - wearing gloves when in contact with bodily fluids - Answers how is the chain broken b/w the portal of exit and mode of transmission? route (e.g. contact, vehicle transmission, airborne, vector-borne) by which infectious agent is transmitted - Answers mode of transmission - hand washing - refrigeration - wearing gloves, masks, gowns, and goggles