Fresenius Annual Competency Exam Sample Questions with Correct Answers

Fresenius Annual Competency Exam Sample Questions with Correct Answers List three blood borne pathogens ️ HIV Hepatitis B Hepatitis C What is hepatitis? ️ Inflammation of the liver How is hep a transmitted? ️ Contaminated food and oral-fecal route How is hep B and C transmitted? ️ Exposure to blood and body fluids of an infected person How long can hep b live on surfaces for? ️ Seven days When caring for HBV patients staff should NOT ️ Take care of hepatitis susceptible patients on the same shift at the same time Why do we dialyze hep c in the clinical area and not in isolation? ️ Not as contagious as hep B What blood test indicates infection with Hep B? ️ HbsAg Indicates viral presence Tests for the antigen What blood test indicates immunity against hep b? ️ HbsAb Indicates presence of immunity What vaccine provides long term immunity to hep b? ️ Recombivax Engerix S/S of TB ️ Night sweats Productive, persistent cought Unexplained weight loss Chills Fever Blood tinged sputum How is TB spread? ️ Droplet What can live outside of the body for seven days? How are they spread? ️ MRSA VRE Spread through contaminated hands of health care workers