CBIC CIC Practice Exam (UPDATED 2026)
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Medical intervention factors that affect risk of infection
indwelling devices, staffing ratio, lengths of stay, duration of invasive procedures,
medications, # of exams by providers, type of institution, and knowledge/experience of
providers
environmental intervention factors that affect risk of infection
disinfectant type used, contact with animals, hand hygiene
anatomical/phys factors that affect risk of infection
preexisting diseases, trauma, malignancies, age, gender, and nutritional status
DMAIC
D=define customers, project boundaries, and processes
M=measure performance
A=analyze data to identify causes of variation, gaps in performance, and prioritize
actions
I=improve the process
C=control the process to prevent reverting
What should an effective surveillance program be able to provide?
,Detection of infections and injuries, identify trends, identify risk factors associated with
infections and other AEs detect outbreaks and clusters, assess the overall effectiveness
of the infection control and prevention program and demonstrate changes in proactive
and processes that lead to better outcomes
Define point prevalence
number of persons ill on the date divided by the population on that date.
Define attack rate
Number of people at risk in whom a certain illness develops / (divided by) / Total
number of people at risk
Define prevalence
fraction of a population having a specific disease at a given time
Define incidence
number of new cases of a disease divided by the number of persons at risk for the
disease.
Type of specimen for C. diff
liquid stool is required
When to suspect C. diff infection?
when 3 or more unformed/watery stool in 24 hrs occurs
Relative Risk (RR)
Used in cohort studies to determine how strongly a risk factor is associated with an
outcome.
1 is the null= no significance of the association between exposure and adverse event
, P(X infection or exposed)/P(Y infection or unexposed) = RR
Details of control chart
central line = the ave of data pts
x axis = time
y axis = rate/count
may be upper control/lower control limit lines and +/- 3 SD lines
Directly observed therapy (DOT)
requires that a health care provider directly observe the patient swallowing the pills,
whether it is in the hospital, office, or home care setting
the best method for TB regimen, intermittent therapy, MDRO, high risk for
noncompliance (drug abusers/homeless)
Hill's Criteria of Causality
1) strength of association- relationship between casual factor and disease outcome
2) consistency of finding- associations are repeated
3) specificity of association- very specific cause
4) temporality- cause must be before the effect
5) biological gradient- dose and response relationship, more exposure causes higher
risk
6) biologic or theoretical plausibility- has to make biological sense
7) coherence with the established knowledge- established knowledge should not conflict
with findings
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Medical intervention factors that affect risk of infection
indwelling devices, staffing ratio, lengths of stay, duration of invasive procedures,
medications, # of exams by providers, type of institution, and knowledge/experience of
providers
environmental intervention factors that affect risk of infection
disinfectant type used, contact with animals, hand hygiene
anatomical/phys factors that affect risk of infection
preexisting diseases, trauma, malignancies, age, gender, and nutritional status
DMAIC
D=define customers, project boundaries, and processes
M=measure performance
A=analyze data to identify causes of variation, gaps in performance, and prioritize
actions
I=improve the process
C=control the process to prevent reverting
What should an effective surveillance program be able to provide?
,Detection of infections and injuries, identify trends, identify risk factors associated with
infections and other AEs detect outbreaks and clusters, assess the overall effectiveness
of the infection control and prevention program and demonstrate changes in proactive
and processes that lead to better outcomes
Define point prevalence
number of persons ill on the date divided by the population on that date.
Define attack rate
Number of people at risk in whom a certain illness develops / (divided by) / Total
number of people at risk
Define prevalence
fraction of a population having a specific disease at a given time
Define incidence
number of new cases of a disease divided by the number of persons at risk for the
disease.
Type of specimen for C. diff
liquid stool is required
When to suspect C. diff infection?
when 3 or more unformed/watery stool in 24 hrs occurs
Relative Risk (RR)
Used in cohort studies to determine how strongly a risk factor is associated with an
outcome.
1 is the null= no significance of the association between exposure and adverse event
, P(X infection or exposed)/P(Y infection or unexposed) = RR
Details of control chart
central line = the ave of data pts
x axis = time
y axis = rate/count
may be upper control/lower control limit lines and +/- 3 SD lines
Directly observed therapy (DOT)
requires that a health care provider directly observe the patient swallowing the pills,
whether it is in the hospital, office, or home care setting
the best method for TB regimen, intermittent therapy, MDRO, high risk for
noncompliance (drug abusers/homeless)
Hill's Criteria of Causality
1) strength of association- relationship between casual factor and disease outcome
2) consistency of finding- associations are repeated
3) specificity of association- very specific cause
4) temporality- cause must be before the effect
5) biological gradient- dose and response relationship, more exposure causes higher
risk
6) biologic or theoretical plausibility- has to make biological sense
7) coherence with the established knowledge- established knowledge should not conflict
with findings
