ASEPSIS AND INFECTION CONTROL questions
with accurate answers
A circulating nurse opens sterile packages while in the operating room.
What is the most appropriate way to create a sterile field when opening
the sterile package's top triangle? Ans✓✓✓ Away from the nurse
before caring for a pt. who has TB the nurse should Ans✓✓✓ perform a
fit test to ensure proper type and size of the mask
Change mask when Ans✓✓✓ 20-30 mins/ are become moist
chin of infection in order of the cycle Ans✓✓✓ infectious agent
reservoir
exit of portal
method of transmission
entrance of portal
host
convalescence Ans✓✓✓ acute symptoms of infection disappear
During surgery, the health care provider requests more sterile water.
What action must the nurse perform before pouring the solution into the
sterile container? Ans✓✓✓ Lipping" of the bottle with its solution.
, Endogenous Ans✓✓✓ produced from within; due to internal causes
example of vehicle transmission Ans✓✓✓ vector or fomites
exhibited by a pt with s/s of col, congestion, coughing, and fever
Ans✓✓✓ Acute stage of infection
exogenous Ans✓✓✓ Produced outside the body/ caused by another
person
for pt to decrease risk of transmission of an upper respiratory illness
Ans✓✓✓ cover the nose and mouth when coughing and sneezing
Health care providers today need to be aware that health care-associated
infections are a serious problem. What is the most effective way to
prevent health care-associated infections? Ans✓✓✓ Perform proper
hand hygiene before and after caring for a patient.
health care workers hands, hospitals equipment or instruments
Ans✓✓✓ vehicle transmission
Healthcare-associated infection (HAI) Ans✓✓✓ (nosocomial infection)
Healthcare-associated infection (HAI) Ans✓✓✓ an infection acquired
within a healthcare setting during medical care
with accurate answers
A circulating nurse opens sterile packages while in the operating room.
What is the most appropriate way to create a sterile field when opening
the sterile package's top triangle? Ans✓✓✓ Away from the nurse
before caring for a pt. who has TB the nurse should Ans✓✓✓ perform a
fit test to ensure proper type and size of the mask
Change mask when Ans✓✓✓ 20-30 mins/ are become moist
chin of infection in order of the cycle Ans✓✓✓ infectious agent
reservoir
exit of portal
method of transmission
entrance of portal
host
convalescence Ans✓✓✓ acute symptoms of infection disappear
During surgery, the health care provider requests more sterile water.
What action must the nurse perform before pouring the solution into the
sterile container? Ans✓✓✓ Lipping" of the bottle with its solution.
, Endogenous Ans✓✓✓ produced from within; due to internal causes
example of vehicle transmission Ans✓✓✓ vector or fomites
exhibited by a pt with s/s of col, congestion, coughing, and fever
Ans✓✓✓ Acute stage of infection
exogenous Ans✓✓✓ Produced outside the body/ caused by another
person
for pt to decrease risk of transmission of an upper respiratory illness
Ans✓✓✓ cover the nose and mouth when coughing and sneezing
Health care providers today need to be aware that health care-associated
infections are a serious problem. What is the most effective way to
prevent health care-associated infections? Ans✓✓✓ Perform proper
hand hygiene before and after caring for a patient.
health care workers hands, hospitals equipment or instruments
Ans✓✓✓ vehicle transmission
Healthcare-associated infection (HAI) Ans✓✓✓ (nosocomial infection)
Healthcare-associated infection (HAI) Ans✓✓✓ an infection acquired
within a healthcare setting during medical care
