NURSING TAFE EXAM QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS 100% PASS
5 moments of hand washing - CORRECT ANSWER-Before and after touching a
patient, before and after a procedure, after touching a patients surroundings
examples of direct contact - CORRECT ANSWER-touching, kissing, sexual
intercourse
2 types of precautions - CORRECT ANSWER-Standard and additional
precautions.
When should you use soap and water ? - CORRECT ANSWER-When the hands
are visibly soiled
Sequence of Donning (putting on) PPE - CORRECT ANSWER-hand wash,
gown, mask, goggles, gloves
Sequence of removing PPE - CORRECT ANSWER-gloves, wash hands, goggles
and face sheild, gown, mask
When should you wear gloves - CORRECT ANSWER-when touching blood or
body fluids
, When should you use a mask - CORRECT ANSWER-someone is actively
coughing or identified as having additional precautions
Difference between standard and additional precautions - CORRECT ANSWER-
standard precautions are the minimum level of infection control for everyone while
additional precautions are used when patients have a known or suspected
infectious agent that may not be contained using Standard Precautions alone.
3 additional precautions - CORRECT ANSWER-contact, airborne, droplet
3 types of handwashes - CORRECT ANSWER-surgical, clinical, social
When do you put something in a yellow bin - CORRECT ANSWER-
What is a vector? - CORRECT ANSWER-Carriers of disease
Name 4 categories of microorganisms - CORRECT ANSWER-bacteria, fungi,
algae, viruses
name the chain of infection - CORRECT ANSWER-infectious agent, reservoir,
portal of exit, mode of transmission, portal of entry, susceptible host
hospital acquired infection - CORRECT ANSWER-nosocomial infection
What does sterile mean? - CORRECT ANSWER-Free from all living
microorganisms
What is a pathogen? - CORRECT ANSWER-disease causing organism
AND ANSWERS 100% PASS
5 moments of hand washing - CORRECT ANSWER-Before and after touching a
patient, before and after a procedure, after touching a patients surroundings
examples of direct contact - CORRECT ANSWER-touching, kissing, sexual
intercourse
2 types of precautions - CORRECT ANSWER-Standard and additional
precautions.
When should you use soap and water ? - CORRECT ANSWER-When the hands
are visibly soiled
Sequence of Donning (putting on) PPE - CORRECT ANSWER-hand wash,
gown, mask, goggles, gloves
Sequence of removing PPE - CORRECT ANSWER-gloves, wash hands, goggles
and face sheild, gown, mask
When should you wear gloves - CORRECT ANSWER-when touching blood or
body fluids
, When should you use a mask - CORRECT ANSWER-someone is actively
coughing or identified as having additional precautions
Difference between standard and additional precautions - CORRECT ANSWER-
standard precautions are the minimum level of infection control for everyone while
additional precautions are used when patients have a known or suspected
infectious agent that may not be contained using Standard Precautions alone.
3 additional precautions - CORRECT ANSWER-contact, airborne, droplet
3 types of handwashes - CORRECT ANSWER-surgical, clinical, social
When do you put something in a yellow bin - CORRECT ANSWER-
What is a vector? - CORRECT ANSWER-Carriers of disease
Name 4 categories of microorganisms - CORRECT ANSWER-bacteria, fungi,
algae, viruses
name the chain of infection - CORRECT ANSWER-infectious agent, reservoir,
portal of exit, mode of transmission, portal of entry, susceptible host
hospital acquired infection - CORRECT ANSWER-nosocomial infection
What does sterile mean? - CORRECT ANSWER-Free from all living
microorganisms
What is a pathogen? - CORRECT ANSWER-disease causing organism
