Infection Prevention and Control Exam
Review Questions and Answers
Hand Hygiene - -Performed before patient care, after patient care, after
removing gloves, before any aseptic procedure. Wash hands with soap and
water when visibly soiled or any time you want.
-A moist towel and ABHR - -Can replace replace hand washing when water
is not available.
-Alcohol Based Hand Rub (ABHR) - -The preferred method of hand hygiene
in a health care setting.
ABHR must be rubbed into hands until it's dry - do not wipe excess away.
ABHR must contain 70-90% alcohol as the active ingredient.
-Steps to Hand Washing - -1. Turn on tap
2. Wet hands
3. Apply soap and lather for minimum 15 seconds
4. Rinse from wrist ti finger tips
5. Dry with paper towel
6. Turn tap off with paper towel
-Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) - -What you WEAR to keep you safe.
PPE is not necessary when you are taking a pulse or palpating on intact skin.
-Gloves - -Worn as minimum protection. Cuffs of gowns are tucked into
gloves.
-Gown - -Worn when risk of body fluid spray-cough, sneeze.
-Eyewear (goggles/face shields) - -Protective eyewear worn when risk of
body fluid spray-cough, sneeze. Reusable eyewear must be changed
between patients.
-Mask - -Worn when risk of inhaling body fluid spray-cough, sneeze. Mask is
fit tested and must be worn within 2 meters of infected.
-N95 Respirator Mask - -Worm when risk of inhaling airborne particles-TB.
Also worn when health care worker is exposed to an infectious disease they
do not have immunity to (i.e., chicken pox, shingles).
-Donning PPE - -Gown, mask or N95, goggles or face shield, gloves
, -Doffing PPE - -Gloves, gown, wash hands, goggles or face shield, Mask or
N95
-Engineering Controls - -What you USE to keep you safe. (sharps container,
biohazard bags, biosafety cabinet, plexiglas barrier, ventilation, hand
hygiene, eye wash stations)
-Work Practice Controls - -Things you DO as part of your job to keep you
safe. Combination of PPE and engineering controls plus good housekeeping
practices.
-Administrative Controls - -What your EMPLOYER does to assist you to work
safely. (i.e., provide PPE supplies, training and education, infection
prevention and control policies, adequate staffing, sick leave policies)
-Risk Assessment - -The first thing you do before entering a patient care
environment.
-Best Practice - -Any process or procedure outlined by an organization to
ensure the safety of its employees.
-World Health Organization (WHO) - -An authority under the United Nations
for glocal matters. Defines health as a state of complete physical, mental,
and social well-being.
-Ministry of Health and Long Term Care - -Government body that oversees
delivery model for health care including funding, policies, regulations, and
monitoring provider performance.
-Provincial Infectious Disease Advisory Committee - -Source of advice on
IPAC for Ontario, started in response to post SARS outbreak, give expert
panel recommendations.
-Center for Disease Control - -Body that detects and responds to new and
emerging health threats, as well as promoting health initiatives in the USA.
-Regional Infection Control Networks - -Consists of 14 bodies to offer
assistance, advice regarding best practices for IPAC within specific areas of
Ontario.
-Public Health Ontario - -Provincial Crown Corporation to promote health
and minimize inequities within the system, provide public and school
administered immunization clinics.
-Host - -An organism able to support physical growth of another
Review Questions and Answers
Hand Hygiene - -Performed before patient care, after patient care, after
removing gloves, before any aseptic procedure. Wash hands with soap and
water when visibly soiled or any time you want.
-A moist towel and ABHR - -Can replace replace hand washing when water
is not available.
-Alcohol Based Hand Rub (ABHR) - -The preferred method of hand hygiene
in a health care setting.
ABHR must be rubbed into hands until it's dry - do not wipe excess away.
ABHR must contain 70-90% alcohol as the active ingredient.
-Steps to Hand Washing - -1. Turn on tap
2. Wet hands
3. Apply soap and lather for minimum 15 seconds
4. Rinse from wrist ti finger tips
5. Dry with paper towel
6. Turn tap off with paper towel
-Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) - -What you WEAR to keep you safe.
PPE is not necessary when you are taking a pulse or palpating on intact skin.
-Gloves - -Worn as minimum protection. Cuffs of gowns are tucked into
gloves.
-Gown - -Worn when risk of body fluid spray-cough, sneeze.
-Eyewear (goggles/face shields) - -Protective eyewear worn when risk of
body fluid spray-cough, sneeze. Reusable eyewear must be changed
between patients.
-Mask - -Worn when risk of inhaling body fluid spray-cough, sneeze. Mask is
fit tested and must be worn within 2 meters of infected.
-N95 Respirator Mask - -Worm when risk of inhaling airborne particles-TB.
Also worn when health care worker is exposed to an infectious disease they
do not have immunity to (i.e., chicken pox, shingles).
-Donning PPE - -Gown, mask or N95, goggles or face shield, gloves
, -Doffing PPE - -Gloves, gown, wash hands, goggles or face shield, Mask or
N95
-Engineering Controls - -What you USE to keep you safe. (sharps container,
biohazard bags, biosafety cabinet, plexiglas barrier, ventilation, hand
hygiene, eye wash stations)
-Work Practice Controls - -Things you DO as part of your job to keep you
safe. Combination of PPE and engineering controls plus good housekeeping
practices.
-Administrative Controls - -What your EMPLOYER does to assist you to work
safely. (i.e., provide PPE supplies, training and education, infection
prevention and control policies, adequate staffing, sick leave policies)
-Risk Assessment - -The first thing you do before entering a patient care
environment.
-Best Practice - -Any process or procedure outlined by an organization to
ensure the safety of its employees.
-World Health Organization (WHO) - -An authority under the United Nations
for glocal matters. Defines health as a state of complete physical, mental,
and social well-being.
-Ministry of Health and Long Term Care - -Government body that oversees
delivery model for health care including funding, policies, regulations, and
monitoring provider performance.
-Provincial Infectious Disease Advisory Committee - -Source of advice on
IPAC for Ontario, started in response to post SARS outbreak, give expert
panel recommendations.
-Center for Disease Control - -Body that detects and responds to new and
emerging health threats, as well as promoting health initiatives in the USA.
-Regional Infection Control Networks - -Consists of 14 bodies to offer
assistance, advice regarding best practices for IPAC within specific areas of
Ontario.
-Public Health Ontario - -Provincial Crown Corporation to promote health
and minimize inequities within the system, provide public and school
administered immunization clinics.
-Host - -An organism able to support physical growth of another
