pdadet 2025 IPAC EXAM WITH Q&A
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hat is the IPAC Canada Definition for IPC?
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The discipline concerned with preventing health care associated infections
hat is the WHO definition for IPAC ?
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Practical evidence based approach to prevent patients and healthcare workers
from being harmed by unavoidable infections
hat are the three principle goals of IPC?
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1: protect the patient
2: protect the healthcare provider, visitor and others in the healthcare
environment
3: accomplish previous two goals in a cost effective manner
hat are the four basic elements of an IPAC program?
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1. Obtain and manage critical information, data and surveillance for infections
2. Develop and recommend policies and procedures
3. Intervene directly to prevent infections and interrupt the transmission of
infectious diseases
4. Educate and train HCP, patients, and non medical caregivers
hat are the three components of the AHS IPC?
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1. Standards and surveillance
2. IPC
3. Hand hygiene
hat is a community acquired infection?
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Infection acquired before a patient was admitted to hospital or other health care
facility
What is a healthcare associated infection?
, Infection acquired during the process of care in a healthcare facility which was
not present or incubating at the time of admission
Infection occurring in a patient that can be attributed to a specific healthcare facility
hat are symptoms of HAIs?
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Unusual discharge, fever, chills and sweats, redness and swelling, diarrhea, pain
ow much more do patients with infections cost than patients without infections?
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3X more monies!!!
hat is the definition of surveillance?
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The ongoing, systematic collection, analysis, interpretation and evaluation of
health data closely integrated with the timely dissemination of these data to those
who need it
hat are the critical elements and methods of surveillance for HAIs?
W
Surveillance planning —> data collection —> Analysis —> interpretation —>
communication —> evaluation
hat is the purpose of surveillance planning?
W
1. Assess the population to be surveyed
2. Select the outcomes for surveillance
3. Use established case definitions for infeciton
hat is the order for chain of transmission?
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1. Infectious agent
2. Reservoir
3. Portal of Exit
4. Modes of transmission
5. Portal of entry
6. Susceptible host
What criteria must skin infections meet?
1. Patient has either: purulent discharge, pustules, vesicles, boils
2. Patient has at least two of the following localized signs: painor tenderness, swelling,
erythema, or heat* AND
A. Organisms identified from aspirate or drainage from affected site by a culture or
non-culture based testing method. Identification of 2 or more common commensalism
organisms/
B. Multinucleated giant cells on microscopic examination of affected tissue
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100% VERIFIED ANSWERS GRADED
A+
hat is the IPAC Canada Definition for IPC?
W
The discipline concerned with preventing health care associated infections
hat is the WHO definition for IPAC ?
W
Practical evidence based approach to prevent patients and healthcare workers
from being harmed by unavoidable infections
hat are the three principle goals of IPC?
W
1: protect the patient
2: protect the healthcare provider, visitor and others in the healthcare
environment
3: accomplish previous two goals in a cost effective manner
hat are the four basic elements of an IPAC program?
W
1. Obtain and manage critical information, data and surveillance for infections
2. Develop and recommend policies and procedures
3. Intervene directly to prevent infections and interrupt the transmission of
infectious diseases
4. Educate and train HCP, patients, and non medical caregivers
hat are the three components of the AHS IPC?
W
1. Standards and surveillance
2. IPC
3. Hand hygiene
hat is a community acquired infection?
W
Infection acquired before a patient was admitted to hospital or other health care
facility
What is a healthcare associated infection?
, Infection acquired during the process of care in a healthcare facility which was
not present or incubating at the time of admission
Infection occurring in a patient that can be attributed to a specific healthcare facility
hat are symptoms of HAIs?
W
Unusual discharge, fever, chills and sweats, redness and swelling, diarrhea, pain
ow much more do patients with infections cost than patients without infections?
H
3X more monies!!!
hat is the definition of surveillance?
W
The ongoing, systematic collection, analysis, interpretation and evaluation of
health data closely integrated with the timely dissemination of these data to those
who need it
hat are the critical elements and methods of surveillance for HAIs?
W
Surveillance planning —> data collection —> Analysis —> interpretation —>
communication —> evaluation
hat is the purpose of surveillance planning?
W
1. Assess the population to be surveyed
2. Select the outcomes for surveillance
3. Use established case definitions for infeciton
hat is the order for chain of transmission?
W
1. Infectious agent
2. Reservoir
3. Portal of Exit
4. Modes of transmission
5. Portal of entry
6. Susceptible host
What criteria must skin infections meet?
1. Patient has either: purulent discharge, pustules, vesicles, boils
2. Patient has at least two of the following localized signs: painor tenderness, swelling,
erythema, or heat* AND
A. Organisms identified from aspirate or drainage from affected site by a culture or
non-culture based testing method. Identification of 2 or more common commensalism
organisms/
B. Multinucleated giant cells on microscopic examination of affected tissue
