UTA Foundations Exam 1 UPDATED
ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
Putting on sterile gloves - CORRECT ANSWER - Put cuff end closest to your body, insert
dominant hand first palm up into the glove (leave cuff folded). place fingers of the gloved hand
under the other cuff and fully extend the cuff down the arm touching only the sterile outside of
the glove, repeat for the other hand
removing soiled gloves - CORRECT ANSWER - Use dominant hand to grasp the opposite
glove near cuff end on the outside exposed area.Remove it by pulling it off, inverting it as it is
pulled, keeping the contaminated area on the inside. Hold the removed glove in the remaining
gloved hand. Slide fingers of ungloved hand between the remaining glove and the wrist. Take
care to avoid touching the outside surface of the glove. Remove it by pulling it off, inverting it as
it is pulled, keeping the contaminated area on the inside, and securing the first glove inside the
second
Preparing a sterile field - CORRECT ANSWER - Open packages away from body
Touch only outer 1 inch corner
Drop sterile items onto field 6 inches above
Pour sterile solution onto dressing or into container after pouring out a small amount - do not let
it touch
Put on sterile gloves after everything is opened
Using Sterile drapes - CORRECT ANSWER - Keep drape folded until you are ready to
use them; When ready to use them; hold drapes higher than the OR bed or furniture you are
draping; Once drape is in place, don't move it. This would cause a non-sterile area to be brought
up to a sterile one; Drapes are unfolded and applied gently; any turbulence may move particulate
material
Using of full PPE - CORRECT ANSWER - 1. check medical records and nursing care
plan for precautions
2. plan activities
,3. Provide instructions to patient, family etc...
4. hand hygiene
5. put on gown
6. put on mask
7. put on goggle
8 put on gloves
9 Identify patient
Removal of full PPE - CORRECT ANSWER - 1. If gown is tied in front, untie with gloves
2. remove gloves
3. remove goggles
4. remove gown
5. remove mask near doorway (respirator outside of room with door closed)
6. Perform hand hygiene
Hand Hygiene (Hand Washing) - CORRECT ANSWER - 1 Address client by name and
introduces self to client by
name
2 Turns on water at sink
3 Wets hands and wrists thoroughly
4 Applies soap to hands
5 Lathers all surfaces of wrists, hands, and fingers
producing friction, for at least 20 (twenty) seconds,
keeping hands lower than the elbows and the
fingertips down
6 Cleans fingernails by rubbing fingertips against palms
of the opposite hand
7 Rinse all surfaces of wrists, hands, and fingers,
, keeping hands lower than the elbows and the
fingertips down
8 Uses clean, dry paper towel/towels to dry all surfaces
of hands, wrists, and fingers then disposes of paper
towel/towels into waste container
9 Uses clean, dry paper towel/towels to turn off faucet
then disposes of paper towel/towels into waste
container or uses knee/foot control to turn off faucet
10 Does not touch inside of sink at any time
Process of infection - CORRECT ANSWER - Causative agent
reservoir
portal of exit
mode of transfer
portal of entry
and susceptible host.
Aerobic bacteria - CORRECT ANSWER - require oxygen for survival and for
multiplication sufficient to cause disease
Anaerobic bacteria - CORRECT ANSWER - bacteria that do not require oxygen to survive
Organisms Potential to Produce Disease - CORRECT ANSWER - Number of organisms
(the more the better)
Virulence (ability to produce disease
Competence of person's immune system
Length/intimacy of contact between person and organism (colonization=long contact)
ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
Putting on sterile gloves - CORRECT ANSWER - Put cuff end closest to your body, insert
dominant hand first palm up into the glove (leave cuff folded). place fingers of the gloved hand
under the other cuff and fully extend the cuff down the arm touching only the sterile outside of
the glove, repeat for the other hand
removing soiled gloves - CORRECT ANSWER - Use dominant hand to grasp the opposite
glove near cuff end on the outside exposed area.Remove it by pulling it off, inverting it as it is
pulled, keeping the contaminated area on the inside. Hold the removed glove in the remaining
gloved hand. Slide fingers of ungloved hand between the remaining glove and the wrist. Take
care to avoid touching the outside surface of the glove. Remove it by pulling it off, inverting it as
it is pulled, keeping the contaminated area on the inside, and securing the first glove inside the
second
Preparing a sterile field - CORRECT ANSWER - Open packages away from body
Touch only outer 1 inch corner
Drop sterile items onto field 6 inches above
Pour sterile solution onto dressing or into container after pouring out a small amount - do not let
it touch
Put on sterile gloves after everything is opened
Using Sterile drapes - CORRECT ANSWER - Keep drape folded until you are ready to
use them; When ready to use them; hold drapes higher than the OR bed or furniture you are
draping; Once drape is in place, don't move it. This would cause a non-sterile area to be brought
up to a sterile one; Drapes are unfolded and applied gently; any turbulence may move particulate
material
Using of full PPE - CORRECT ANSWER - 1. check medical records and nursing care
plan for precautions
2. plan activities
,3. Provide instructions to patient, family etc...
4. hand hygiene
5. put on gown
6. put on mask
7. put on goggle
8 put on gloves
9 Identify patient
Removal of full PPE - CORRECT ANSWER - 1. If gown is tied in front, untie with gloves
2. remove gloves
3. remove goggles
4. remove gown
5. remove mask near doorway (respirator outside of room with door closed)
6. Perform hand hygiene
Hand Hygiene (Hand Washing) - CORRECT ANSWER - 1 Address client by name and
introduces self to client by
name
2 Turns on water at sink
3 Wets hands and wrists thoroughly
4 Applies soap to hands
5 Lathers all surfaces of wrists, hands, and fingers
producing friction, for at least 20 (twenty) seconds,
keeping hands lower than the elbows and the
fingertips down
6 Cleans fingernails by rubbing fingertips against palms
of the opposite hand
7 Rinse all surfaces of wrists, hands, and fingers,
, keeping hands lower than the elbows and the
fingertips down
8 Uses clean, dry paper towel/towels to dry all surfaces
of hands, wrists, and fingers then disposes of paper
towel/towels into waste container
9 Uses clean, dry paper towel/towels to turn off faucet
then disposes of paper towel/towels into waste
container or uses knee/foot control to turn off faucet
10 Does not touch inside of sink at any time
Process of infection - CORRECT ANSWER - Causative agent
reservoir
portal of exit
mode of transfer
portal of entry
and susceptible host.
Aerobic bacteria - CORRECT ANSWER - require oxygen for survival and for
multiplication sufficient to cause disease
Anaerobic bacteria - CORRECT ANSWER - bacteria that do not require oxygen to survive
Organisms Potential to Produce Disease - CORRECT ANSWER - Number of organisms
(the more the better)
Virulence (ability to produce disease
Competence of person's immune system
Length/intimacy of contact between person and organism (colonization=long contact)
