CIC Exam questions with verified answers
Ans✓✓✓
A patient has VRE from a rectal swab but does not have any signs and
symptoms of being sick. This patient has a VRE _______. Ans✓✓✓
Colonization
Airborne Precautions Ans✓✓✓ •Prevent transmission of infectious
agents that remain infectious over long distances when suspended in
the air
•Airborne Infection Isolation Room (AIIR)
•N-95 respirator or higher level respirators or masks are required for
healthcare worker prior to entering the room and is not removed until
the healthcare worker exits the room and the door is closed
•Healthcare workers are required to receive respirator training, fit
testing, and to perform proper seal checks
Antimicrobial Stewardship Ans✓✓✓ •The surveillance of antimicrobial
resistance through tracking the proportion of isolates that are resistant
(i.e., antibiogram), tracking the number of patients who are found on
routine cultures to be newly colonized or infected with problem areas
of resistance, such as MRSA, VRE, or C. difficile.
•Formation of a multidisciplinary antimicrobial team
Biofilm Ans✓✓✓ Attach to surfaces and can spread infection
,•Contain cohabiting microorganisms which may be part of the host
normal flora.
•Can form on living or non living surfaces
•Prevents water-soluble elements such as antibiotics and disinfectants
from reaching pathogens
•Not culturable, necessitating newer nonculture lab techniques
Category A agents of bioterrorism Ans✓✓✓ •Anthrax
•Botulism
•Plague
•Smallpox
•Tularemia
•Viral hemorrhagic fevers
Category B agents of bioterrorism Ans✓✓✓ have moderate morbidity
and low mortality
Causative agent Ans✓✓✓ microbial organism with the ability to cause
disease
Contact Precautions Ans✓✓✓ •Implemented to prevent transmission
of infectious agents spread by direct or indirect contact with the patient
or patient's environment
, •Single patient room preferred, but can cohort with person with same
type of organism
•Also used for presence of excessive wound drainage, fecal
incontinence, or other discharges that suggest an increased potential
for extensive environmental contamination and risk of transmission
•Wash hands, don gown, then gloves before entering the room
•Discard gloves, then gown, and wash hands prior to exiting the room.
CRITICAL/STERILIZATION Ans✓✓✓ objects which enter normally sterile
tissue
or the vascular system or through which blood flows
should be sterile.
Anything entering sterile body tissue
• Surgical instruments
• Foley Catheters
• All central & venous lines
• Implantable devices
• Hands via gloves which are entering
sterile body sites or handling sterile
instruments
Descriptive Studies Ans✓✓✓ case reports, case series
Ans✓✓✓
A patient has VRE from a rectal swab but does not have any signs and
symptoms of being sick. This patient has a VRE _______. Ans✓✓✓
Colonization
Airborne Precautions Ans✓✓✓ •Prevent transmission of infectious
agents that remain infectious over long distances when suspended in
the air
•Airborne Infection Isolation Room (AIIR)
•N-95 respirator or higher level respirators or masks are required for
healthcare worker prior to entering the room and is not removed until
the healthcare worker exits the room and the door is closed
•Healthcare workers are required to receive respirator training, fit
testing, and to perform proper seal checks
Antimicrobial Stewardship Ans✓✓✓ •The surveillance of antimicrobial
resistance through tracking the proportion of isolates that are resistant
(i.e., antibiogram), tracking the number of patients who are found on
routine cultures to be newly colonized or infected with problem areas
of resistance, such as MRSA, VRE, or C. difficile.
•Formation of a multidisciplinary antimicrobial team
Biofilm Ans✓✓✓ Attach to surfaces and can spread infection
,•Contain cohabiting microorganisms which may be part of the host
normal flora.
•Can form on living or non living surfaces
•Prevents water-soluble elements such as antibiotics and disinfectants
from reaching pathogens
•Not culturable, necessitating newer nonculture lab techniques
Category A agents of bioterrorism Ans✓✓✓ •Anthrax
•Botulism
•Plague
•Smallpox
•Tularemia
•Viral hemorrhagic fevers
Category B agents of bioterrorism Ans✓✓✓ have moderate morbidity
and low mortality
Causative agent Ans✓✓✓ microbial organism with the ability to cause
disease
Contact Precautions Ans✓✓✓ •Implemented to prevent transmission
of infectious agents spread by direct or indirect contact with the patient
or patient's environment
, •Single patient room preferred, but can cohort with person with same
type of organism
•Also used for presence of excessive wound drainage, fecal
incontinence, or other discharges that suggest an increased potential
for extensive environmental contamination and risk of transmission
•Wash hands, don gown, then gloves before entering the room
•Discard gloves, then gown, and wash hands prior to exiting the room.
CRITICAL/STERILIZATION Ans✓✓✓ objects which enter normally sterile
tissue
or the vascular system or through which blood flows
should be sterile.
Anything entering sterile body tissue
• Surgical instruments
• Foley Catheters
• All central & venous lines
• Implantable devices
• Hands via gloves which are entering
sterile body sites or handling sterile
instruments
Descriptive Studies Ans✓✓✓ case reports, case series
