Semmelweis & Hand-washing Exam 2026
Questions and Answers
Explain what is meant by a nosocomial infection - Correct Answer--When a patient
is infected in the hospital with something that they had not gone to the hospital for.
-5% to 10% of patients in acute care hospitals acquire nosocomial infections.
Semmelweis Hypothesis - Correct Answer-1. Semmelweis noticed a link between
those who performed autopsies and handled children and women to those who only
handled children and women.
• Hypothesis: Childbed fever was caused by 'cadaverous particles' or 'morbid
matter' transmitted from the hands of doctors and medical students to the obstetrics
ward. And introducing more meticulous hand hygiene in Division I could reduce
maternal mortality rates from childbed fever.
Semmelweis Hypothesis Test - Correct Answer-Semmelweis insisted that all
medical students and physicians should clean their hands with a
chlorine and lime solution before attending to any patient in the clinic.
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Questions and Answers
Explain what is meant by a nosocomial infection - Correct Answer--When a patient
is infected in the hospital with something that they had not gone to the hospital for.
-5% to 10% of patients in acute care hospitals acquire nosocomial infections.
Semmelweis Hypothesis - Correct Answer-1. Semmelweis noticed a link between
those who performed autopsies and handled children and women to those who only
handled children and women.
• Hypothesis: Childbed fever was caused by 'cadaverous particles' or 'morbid
matter' transmitted from the hands of doctors and medical students to the obstetrics
ward. And introducing more meticulous hand hygiene in Division I could reduce
maternal mortality rates from childbed fever.
Semmelweis Hypothesis Test - Correct Answer-Semmelweis insisted that all
medical students and physicians should clean their hands with a
chlorine and lime solution before attending to any patient in the clinic.
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