INFECTION PREVENTION QUIZ WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS
/.work, improve - Answer-✅in healthcare, people need to do ___ and ___ on it.
/.Healthcare Associated Infections - Answer-✅Definition: Infectious events which occur
in
hospitalized patients or result from being
hospitalized and/or having contact with the
healthcare system.
/.48 hours (symptoms not present until after discharge) - Answer-✅incubation period for
healthcare associated infections
/.healthcare associated infections - Answer-✅These infections are not present or
incubating at admission. The symptoms start later.
/.healthcare associated infections - Answer-✅about 2-10% of patients within the
hospital develop ___ ___ ____
/.2-10% - Answer-✅what percent of patient develop HAI?
/.90,000, 30 - Answer-✅Up to _____ deaths/year are due to HAI, which can amount to
costs of at least ___ billion a year since these tend to increase length of stay and
hospitals are not reimbursed for treatment of HAIs in 75% of the casts.
/.HAIs - Answer-✅90% of ____ are of bacterial etiology, which include viruses, fungi,
and parasites.
/.urinary tract, surgical site (42%, 24%) - Answer-✅the most common location of HAIs
are where? What is second?
/.urinary tract, surgical site infection - Answer-✅most common place of healthcare
associated infections? Most costly place of healthcare associated infections?
/.Ventilator associated pneumonia (VAP) - Answer-✅what has the highest mortality
when it comes to healthcare associated infections (Specific disease)
/.catheter related blood stream infection (BSI) - Answer-✅what is the most preventable
healthcare associated infections?
, /.(Organism Virulence x Organism Number)/(Host Defense) - Answer-✅Disease =
(formula)?
/.antibiotics, processes of care, cross transmission - Answer-✅Patients get HAIs
because of various factors such as age, malnutrition, immune system, underlying
conditions, lifestyle factors, etc. Three other big reasons can be because of _____,
which predispose the patient to multi-drug resistant organisms. ___ __ ___ can be
another - where a caretaker does not get clean properly. And lastly, there can be ___
____ of hospital flora via the people within the hospital.
/.source, mode of transmission, susceptible host - Answer-✅chain of transmission
involves a _____, a ___ of ___, and a _____ ___.
/.source, mode of transmission, susceptible host - Answer-✅chain of transmission
involves a _____ (where the organism resides), a ___ of ___ (how the organism gets
from point A to B), and a _____ ___ (person who is capable of getting organism and
playing host).
/.ill, infectious disease - Answer-✅one source of infection of HAI is healthcare
personnel, and for that reason, do not have contact with patients if you are ____ with an
___ ____
/.fever, infection - Answer-✅an infectious illness includes the ____, or when you have
signs of an active ___, which includes coughing, sneezing, runny nose, sore throat,
diarrhea, vomiting, rash with fever.
/.coughing, sneezing, runny nose, sore throat, diarrhea, vomiting, rash with fever -
Answer-✅name at least four signs of an infectious disease
/.coughing, sneezing, runny nose, sore throat, diarrhea, vomiting, rash with fever -
Answer-✅name at least four signs of an infectious disease
/.hand hygiene - Answer-✅___ ___ is the cornerstone of infection prevention measures
and precautions.
/.hand hygiene - Answer-✅Single most important behavior in
preventing transmission of organisms to
patients as well as protecting oneself.
/.Semmelweis (Ignaz Semmelweis, 1815-1865) - Answer-✅____ was responsible for
hypothesizing, based on studies at Vienna in 1800s, that the reason one clinic had
higher mortality was because people went direct from the autopsy to ward.
SOLUTIONS
/.work, improve - Answer-✅in healthcare, people need to do ___ and ___ on it.
/.Healthcare Associated Infections - Answer-✅Definition: Infectious events which occur
in
hospitalized patients or result from being
hospitalized and/or having contact with the
healthcare system.
/.48 hours (symptoms not present until after discharge) - Answer-✅incubation period for
healthcare associated infections
/.healthcare associated infections - Answer-✅These infections are not present or
incubating at admission. The symptoms start later.
/.healthcare associated infections - Answer-✅about 2-10% of patients within the
hospital develop ___ ___ ____
/.2-10% - Answer-✅what percent of patient develop HAI?
/.90,000, 30 - Answer-✅Up to _____ deaths/year are due to HAI, which can amount to
costs of at least ___ billion a year since these tend to increase length of stay and
hospitals are not reimbursed for treatment of HAIs in 75% of the casts.
/.HAIs - Answer-✅90% of ____ are of bacterial etiology, which include viruses, fungi,
and parasites.
/.urinary tract, surgical site (42%, 24%) - Answer-✅the most common location of HAIs
are where? What is second?
/.urinary tract, surgical site infection - Answer-✅most common place of healthcare
associated infections? Most costly place of healthcare associated infections?
/.Ventilator associated pneumonia (VAP) - Answer-✅what has the highest mortality
when it comes to healthcare associated infections (Specific disease)
/.catheter related blood stream infection (BSI) - Answer-✅what is the most preventable
healthcare associated infections?
, /.(Organism Virulence x Organism Number)/(Host Defense) - Answer-✅Disease =
(formula)?
/.antibiotics, processes of care, cross transmission - Answer-✅Patients get HAIs
because of various factors such as age, malnutrition, immune system, underlying
conditions, lifestyle factors, etc. Three other big reasons can be because of _____,
which predispose the patient to multi-drug resistant organisms. ___ __ ___ can be
another - where a caretaker does not get clean properly. And lastly, there can be ___
____ of hospital flora via the people within the hospital.
/.source, mode of transmission, susceptible host - Answer-✅chain of transmission
involves a _____, a ___ of ___, and a _____ ___.
/.source, mode of transmission, susceptible host - Answer-✅chain of transmission
involves a _____ (where the organism resides), a ___ of ___ (how the organism gets
from point A to B), and a _____ ___ (person who is capable of getting organism and
playing host).
/.ill, infectious disease - Answer-✅one source of infection of HAI is healthcare
personnel, and for that reason, do not have contact with patients if you are ____ with an
___ ____
/.fever, infection - Answer-✅an infectious illness includes the ____, or when you have
signs of an active ___, which includes coughing, sneezing, runny nose, sore throat,
diarrhea, vomiting, rash with fever.
/.coughing, sneezing, runny nose, sore throat, diarrhea, vomiting, rash with fever -
Answer-✅name at least four signs of an infectious disease
/.coughing, sneezing, runny nose, sore throat, diarrhea, vomiting, rash with fever -
Answer-✅name at least four signs of an infectious disease
/.hand hygiene - Answer-✅___ ___ is the cornerstone of infection prevention measures
and precautions.
/.hand hygiene - Answer-✅Single most important behavior in
preventing transmission of organisms to
patients as well as protecting oneself.
/.Semmelweis (Ignaz Semmelweis, 1815-1865) - Answer-✅____ was responsible for
hypothesizing, based on studies at Vienna in 1800s, that the reason one clinic had
higher mortality was because people went direct from the autopsy to ward.
