Infection Prevention - Annual Training
questions and answers
Infection Prevention's goal is to?
A. Provide a safe working environment, decrease health care associated infections, and
decrease occupational exposure
B. Decrease spread of patient contamination, protect staff from harmful regents
C. Ensure OSHA and hospital/clinic policies are followed - correct answer ✔✔A. Provide a safe
working environment, decrease health care associated infections, and decrease occupational
exposure
Infection Prevention is the sole responsibility of the Infection Preventionist.
True or False - correct answer ✔✔False
MRSA can live on surfaces up to how many week(s)?
A. 1 week
B. 3 weeks
C. 4 weeks - correct answer ✔✔C. 4 weeks
Eating, drinking, smoking, applying cosmetics, or lip balm, and handling contact lenses is
prohibited in work areas.
True or False - correct answer ✔✔True
The sequence of donning and doffing PPE is the same for patients with highly infectious
diseases.
True or False - correct answer ✔✔False
, Per the Respiratory Exposure Control Plan, when are we to offer patient/employee a mask?
A. The clerk checks in a patient that is currently coughing and sneezing
B. Employee entering a facility inflicted with respiratory symptoms
C. Only during the flu season
D. A & B - correct answer ✔✔D. A & B
Small Pox can be spread by contaminated ______
A. Clothing and Bedding
B. Food and Drinks - correct answer ✔✔A. Clothing and Bedding
Hunters, trappers, butchers, and laboratory personnel are more at risk for _______
A. Smallpox
B. Tularemia
C. Plague - correct answer ✔✔B. Tularemia
Plague is no longer a problem in the United States
True or False - correct answer ✔✔False
Throughout history, what has been used as bioterrism agents?
A. Food
B. Envelopes
C. Vapors - correct answer ✔✔A. Food
Techniques used to break the link of infection are:
A. Proper hand hygiene
questions and answers
Infection Prevention's goal is to?
A. Provide a safe working environment, decrease health care associated infections, and
decrease occupational exposure
B. Decrease spread of patient contamination, protect staff from harmful regents
C. Ensure OSHA and hospital/clinic policies are followed - correct answer ✔✔A. Provide a safe
working environment, decrease health care associated infections, and decrease occupational
exposure
Infection Prevention is the sole responsibility of the Infection Preventionist.
True or False - correct answer ✔✔False
MRSA can live on surfaces up to how many week(s)?
A. 1 week
B. 3 weeks
C. 4 weeks - correct answer ✔✔C. 4 weeks
Eating, drinking, smoking, applying cosmetics, or lip balm, and handling contact lenses is
prohibited in work areas.
True or False - correct answer ✔✔True
The sequence of donning and doffing PPE is the same for patients with highly infectious
diseases.
True or False - correct answer ✔✔False
, Per the Respiratory Exposure Control Plan, when are we to offer patient/employee a mask?
A. The clerk checks in a patient that is currently coughing and sneezing
B. Employee entering a facility inflicted with respiratory symptoms
C. Only during the flu season
D. A & B - correct answer ✔✔D. A & B
Small Pox can be spread by contaminated ______
A. Clothing and Bedding
B. Food and Drinks - correct answer ✔✔A. Clothing and Bedding
Hunters, trappers, butchers, and laboratory personnel are more at risk for _______
A. Smallpox
B. Tularemia
C. Plague - correct answer ✔✔B. Tularemia
Plague is no longer a problem in the United States
True or False - correct answer ✔✔False
Throughout history, what has been used as bioterrism agents?
A. Food
B. Envelopes
C. Vapors - correct answer ✔✔A. Food
Techniques used to break the link of infection are:
A. Proper hand hygiene
