Infection Control Certification Questions and Complete Solutions Graded A+

Infection Control Certification Questions and Complete Solutions Graded A+ What is the primary purpose of an infection prevention and control policy and procedure? - Answer: To instruct staff on how to protect themselves and residents from developing a healthcare-associated infection. How does an infection prevention and control program benefit nursing homes ? - Answer: Helps prevent pathogen transmission and protects residents and staff from developing infections. What is the primary purpose of the facility infection prevention and control risk assessment ? - Answer: To set priorities and goals for preventing infections and improving resident outcomes. Which of the following are core activities of an IPC program ? - Answer: -Preforming infection surveillance -Identifying, recording, and correcting IPC incidents. -Conducting and annual review and updated based on the IPC risk assessment. The language, "Steps to clean and disinfect a blood glucose meter" fits best in which content section of an IPC policy and procedure? - Answer: Procedure The language, " All staff who insert or handle indwelling urinary catheters" fits best in which content section of an IPC policy and procedure? - Answer: Responsibility You are assessing your facility's " readiness to prevent" C.difficult diarrheal infections as part of your IPC risk assessment. Which of the following factors would influence your score in this category ? - Answer: -Availability of gowns and gloves -Process to monitor antibiotic use. Which of the following is a best practice for policy development ? - Answer: -Revise policy when standard or practices change -Review annually for clinical relevance -Allow staff review and feedback The risk for developing an infection or transmitting pathogens are based on which of the following ? - Answer: - Adherence to IPC polices and procedures -Population served -care and service provided Infections that are occurring in the community Which of the following are considerations when scoring the risk of an infection event on the IPC risk assessment - Answer: Probability of occurrence -level of harm -readiness to prevent Which of the following are reasons for conducting an annual IPC risk assessment in nursing homes? - Answer: -Assessing potential infection risks to prevent resident harm -Prioritizing areas of focus for the IPC program -Allocating resources to support IPC performance improvement activities. After you have scored the IPC risk assessment, which of the following actions would you take first to address the findings? - Answer: Identify high scoring items for IPC program prioritization. Which of the following best describes the primary role of the infection prevention isn't in a nursing home ? - Answer: Leading the infection prevention and control program True or false the individuals designated as a nursing homes infection preventionist may work at corporate lectionary and handle all infection prevention responsibility's remotely - Answer: False which of the following are considered important skills of an effective infection preventionist - Answer: All of the above Which of the following is not a consideration when interpreting diagnostic test results ? - Answer: Cost of diagnostic test which role is an IP showing when he or she adapts information to address different backgrounds and learning needs ? - Answer: educator Which role is an IP demonstrating when he or she advocates for IPC program resources - Answer: Leader Which of the following are true statements about the QIN-QIO program ? - Answer: -Provides consultation services to nursing homes at no cost -Works with nursing homes on a variety of IPC program projects Which of the following are important infectious disease concepts for an IP to understand ? - Answer: All of the above Collaboration in the role of the IP might look like which of the following ? - Answer: Working with the environmental services staff to improve work flow for terminal room cleaning. With which of the following would the state healthcare associated infection prevention program offer support? - Answer: -assisting during the response to outbreaks and other IPC practice breaches -Convening healthcare facilities within a community to work on preventing spread of antibiotic resistant pathogens - Offering training for nursing homes about NHSN Why should infection prevention and control activities be addressed within the quality assurance and performance improvement program - Answer: to address a high risk potentially preventable cause of harm who should be included on the quality assessment and assurance committee - Answer: All of the above Which of the following best defines performance improvement - Answer: The continuous study and improvement of processes to prevent or decrease the likelihood of practice failures or harms during care and services. Which of the following are examples of how the QAA Committee supports the IPC program - Answer: -Approves a cleaning and disinfection procedure revised to address practice gaps following an outbreak -develops an action plan to improve the acceptance of influenza vaccination among the front line staff Which of the following is the best description of an RCA ? - Answer: Evaluating an event to identify the underlying contributing factors. Which of the following should the IP consider when identifying an IPC performance improvement project - Answer: Practice concerns identified by staff findings from surveillance data input from the QAA committee Scores on the IPC risk assessment which of the following is one of the five elements of a QAPI program - Answer: Design and scope The nursing home identified an average of zero to one Clostridioides difficult infection cases per month among their residents. When reviewing monthly surveillance data, the IP notices that three cult infection cases have been identified for the month the IP is concerned about this increase and the impact upon resident safety should the IP wait for the next QAA committee meeting to take action - Answer: No Which of the following statements about a facility's surveillance plan are true ? - Answer: -The plan should be based on the results of the annual facility infection prevention and control risk assessment -the plan should define the methods for surveillance -the plan should define how data collection will occur Which of the following nursing home units has a higher burden of pneumonia ? - Answer: Three cases of pneumonia among 100 residents over 30 days. With which of the following groups should Surveillance data be shared ? - Answer: -Residents -Frontline Staff -Quality assessment and assurance Committee -Facility leadership Which of the following are outcome measures ? - Answer: -Monthly number of C.difficult infections -Staff influence vaccination rate Which of the following are data used sources that could be used to confirm an infection event meets your surveillance definition? - Answer: Residents medical charts Microbiology laboratory results During January there were four residents with indwelling urinary catheters for a total of 100 urinary catheter days. There were 6 admissions three discharges and 3,000 resident days for the month. There were two CAUTI episodes. what is the CAUTI rate for the month ? - Answer: 20 CAUTI per 1000 catheter days Tracking process and outcome surveillance measures over the time allows the IPC program to do which of the following? - Answer: All of the above During the pervious influence vaccine season 50 residents received the influenza vaccine thirty five residents declined the vaccine four of these residents stated that they may change their mind later which of the following is correct resident influenza vaccination acceptance rate ? - Answer: 59 percent Which of the following statements about surveillance definitions are true - Answer: They allow for standardized collection of data they allow for comparisons over time The CDC NHSN web based surveillance system can offer which of The following to your IPC program ? - Answer: Structured surveillance procedures and definitions the ability to track certain infection events resources to analyze data Which of the following is the best definition of an outbreak ? - Answer: If you have more cases of an illness than expected on a unit or location during a specified period of time which of the following are tiggers for further investigation - Answer: an increase in infections above a baseline infection rate an increase in positive bacterial cultures without evidence of clinical infection At what stage of an investigation would you notify local or state public health officials that you have an outbreak? - Answer: Once an outbreak has been determined to exist You are performing phlebotomy on a resident recommended PPE includes which of the following - Answer: Gloves Which of the following statements about the use of gloves is true - Answer: The same pair of gloves should not be worn for the care of more than one resident Standard Precautions should be applied when caring for which of the following residents - Answer: All residents regardless of suspected or confirmed infection status Which of the following is true about the appropriate time to initiate can't act precautions when caring for a resident with new unexplained diarrhea - Answer: Contact precautions should be initiated at the onset of diarrhea What information should be included on signage at room entry communicating that the resident has been placed on transmission based precautions - Answer: Category of the Precautions PPE required for staff caring for the resident Instructions for visitors Which of the following is the best practice regarding decisions to restrict residents to their rooms while on transmission based precautions - Answer: Residents with active signs and symptoms of an infection rom a highly communicable pathogen should be restricted to their rooms.