CIC- Chapter 4 Infection Prevention and Control Exam with Complete Solutions

1. I identify the median in the following list of the numbers: 6,2,9,7,1,4 - ANSWER-C. 5 A.9 B.7 D.4 2. In a study of whether Operating room A (OR A) is associated with a higher number of surgical site infections (SSIs) than Operating room B (OR B), the infection preventionist (IP) is testing whether : WRITE BY HAND The IP conclusion that the SSI rate in OR A is not equal to the SSI rate in OR B, but in reality the two rates are equal. What is the statistical error ? - ANSWER-B. She has committed a type I error A. No error has been made C. She has committed error type II D. She committed an error equal to B 3. For which of the following procedure(s) is the surveillance period for deep incisional or organ/space SSI 90 days 1) Caesarean section 2) Craniotomy 3) Coronary artery bypass graft 4. Laminectomy - ANSWER-2,3 4. An appropriate indicator to monitor process compliance would be : - ANSWER-B.Appropriate antibiotic dosage A. Class 1 SSI rate C. Central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSIs) in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) D. Infections caused by multidrug-resistance organisms. 5. What key infection control activity is defined as the systematic, ongoing collection, management, analysis, and interpretation of data followed by the dissemination of these data to public health programs to stimulate public health action? - ANSWER-B. Surveillance A. Research C. Benchmarketing D. Accredition 6. An IP reading a journal article that states what the data the authors collected are normally distributed. What does this mean? - ANSWER-D. The mean, median, and mode of the equal data A,. When the data are plotted on a curve, it is skewed B. The mean is less than the median C. The skewness value is equal to 1 7. Which of the following is indicative of a superficial SSI? - ANSWER-A. Pain at the incision site 10 days after breast reduction procedure; drainage is culture position for methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA) B. Stitch abscess that is cultured 14 days after surgery and it is positive for Enterococcus aureus (MSSA) C. Purulent drainage from an episiotomy that occurs within 5 days of delivery D. Burn wound that cultures positive for Acinetobacter baumannii 10 day after debridement procedure 8. An IP is preparing the quarterly report for the Infection Control Committee. What information will be needed to calculate a CLABSI rate for the ICU 1) The total number of patients in the unit from the time period 2) The total number of central line catheters for the time period 3) The number of patients who had bloodstream infections identified 4) The number of device days for the time period - ANSWER-3,