ELCS Exam 1
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1. Universal precautions: Approach to infection control
All human blood and certain human body fluids are treated as if known to be infectious for HIV, HBV, and other blood
borne pathogens
Assume that everyone has some sort of blood borne pathogen
2. When was Universal Precautions created?: 1985 with the emergence of HIV
3. What do universal precautions pertain mostly to?: Blood
4. Standard precautions: Standard Precautions are the minimum infection prevention practices that apply
to all patient care, regardless of suspected or confirmed infection status of the patient, in any setting where health care
is delivered. These practices are designed to both protect DHCP and prevent DHCP from spreading infections among
patients.
5. When were standard precautions developed?: 1996
To supplement universal precautions
6. Standard precautions examples: Hand hygiene
PPE
Respiratory hygiene/cough etiquette
Sharps safety
Safe injection practices
Sterile instruments
Clean and disinfected environmental surfaces
7. When must hand hygiene be performed?: When hands are visibly soiled
After touching contaminated objects with bare hands
Before and after treating a patient
Before putting on gloves and n95
After taking off gloves and n95
8. What can be used if hands are not visibly soiled?: Alcohol based antiseptic hand rub
9. How to wash your hands: Wet hands first with water, apply amount of soap recommended by manu-
facturer
Rub hands for about 15 seconds, cover all surfaces
Rinse hands with water, dry with disposable towel, use towel to turn off faucet
10. Hand washing: Washing hands with plain soap and water
11. Antiseptic hand wash: Washing hands with water and soap or other detergents containing antiseptic
agent
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12. Unless hands are visibly soiled, what is preferred for handwashing?: Alcohol
based hand rub
13. What is the order of best to worst hand washing mechanisms?: Alcohol based hand
rubs, anti microbial soap, plain soap
14. Chlorhexidine soap has: Substantivity, meaning the bacteria killing effect continues even after use
15. Required PPE: Gown
Mask
Gloves
Protective eyewear with side shields
16. Engineering controls: Controls that isolate or remove blood borne pathogens hazard from the work-
place
Ex: sharps container, safer medical devices, self-sheathing needles
17. Work practice controls: Controls that reduce the likelihood of exposure by altering the manner in which
a task is performed
Ex: prohibiting recapping of needles by a two handed technique
18. Sterilize: Use of a chemical or physical procedure to destroy all microbial life including bacterial endospores
19. Methods of sterilizing dental equipment: Steam sterilization
Dry heat
Unsaturated chemical vapor sterilizers
Cold sterilization
20. Who sets standards for temp of the autoclave/sterilization and disinfection
guidelines?: CDC
21. How does the autoclave sterilize instruments?: Uses heated-saturated steam under pres-
sure to inactivate or kill microorganisms via desaturation of macromolecules
22. What is the standard time/temp for autoclaving?: 121 degrees C (250 degrees F) with 15
PSI pressure for 15-20 min
23. Disinfection: Eliminates many or all pathogenic microorganisms, EXCEPT BACTERIAL SPORES
24. How long does every surface in the operatory need to stay after wiping it
down?: 3 min
25. What doesn't go in the ultrasonic?: Handpieces
26. Critical level of patient care items: Penetrate soft tissue or contact bone or the blood stream, and,
therefore must be heat sterilized
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27. Semicritical level of patient care items: Contact mucous membranes but do not penetrate soft
tissues, don't contact bone, and do not enter blood stream. Should be heat sterilized if heat tolerant
28. Noncritical level of patient care items: Only contact the skin and can be disinfected
29. Sequence for putting on PPE: Gown
Mask
Goggles
Gloves
30. Sequence for taking off PPE: Gloves
Goggles
Gown
Mask
31. HIPAA: Heath Information Portability and Accountability Act
Patient info is confidential
32. PPE: Personal protective equipment
33. OPIM: Other potentially infectious materials
34. When was HIPAA signed into law?: 1996
35. PHI: Protected health information
36. What is the part of HIPAA that is important for our purposes?: Those that deal with
protecting the privacy and security of health data (PHI)
37. Protected health information: Any information, including demographic information, that is trans-
mitted or maintained in any medium, that is created or received by a health care provider, health plan, or health
care clearinghouse that relates to or describes the past, present, or future physical or mental health condition of an
individual, or past, present, or future payment for the provision of healthcare to the individual, and that can be used to
identify that individual
38. Types of data protected by HIPAA: Written documents (all paper records, including labels from
meds and ID bracelets)
Spoken and verbal info
Electric databases and any electric information
Pics and digital images
39. Are photos HIPAA compliant if the eyes are covered?: No because full face photos are
PHI
There is no consensus on what constitutes an "identifiable" image
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1. Universal precautions: Approach to infection control
All human blood and certain human body fluids are treated as if known to be infectious for HIV, HBV, and other blood
borne pathogens
Assume that everyone has some sort of blood borne pathogen
2. When was Universal Precautions created?: 1985 with the emergence of HIV
3. What do universal precautions pertain mostly to?: Blood
4. Standard precautions: Standard Precautions are the minimum infection prevention practices that apply
to all patient care, regardless of suspected or confirmed infection status of the patient, in any setting where health care
is delivered. These practices are designed to both protect DHCP and prevent DHCP from spreading infections among
patients.
5. When were standard precautions developed?: 1996
To supplement universal precautions
6. Standard precautions examples: Hand hygiene
PPE
Respiratory hygiene/cough etiquette
Sharps safety
Safe injection practices
Sterile instruments
Clean and disinfected environmental surfaces
7. When must hand hygiene be performed?: When hands are visibly soiled
After touching contaminated objects with bare hands
Before and after treating a patient
Before putting on gloves and n95
After taking off gloves and n95
8. What can be used if hands are not visibly soiled?: Alcohol based antiseptic hand rub
9. How to wash your hands: Wet hands first with water, apply amount of soap recommended by manu-
facturer
Rub hands for about 15 seconds, cover all surfaces
Rinse hands with water, dry with disposable towel, use towel to turn off faucet
10. Hand washing: Washing hands with plain soap and water
11. Antiseptic hand wash: Washing hands with water and soap or other detergents containing antiseptic
agent
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12. Unless hands are visibly soiled, what is preferred for handwashing?: Alcohol
based hand rub
13. What is the order of best to worst hand washing mechanisms?: Alcohol based hand
rubs, anti microbial soap, plain soap
14. Chlorhexidine soap has: Substantivity, meaning the bacteria killing effect continues even after use
15. Required PPE: Gown
Mask
Gloves
Protective eyewear with side shields
16. Engineering controls: Controls that isolate or remove blood borne pathogens hazard from the work-
place
Ex: sharps container, safer medical devices, self-sheathing needles
17. Work practice controls: Controls that reduce the likelihood of exposure by altering the manner in which
a task is performed
Ex: prohibiting recapping of needles by a two handed technique
18. Sterilize: Use of a chemical or physical procedure to destroy all microbial life including bacterial endospores
19. Methods of sterilizing dental equipment: Steam sterilization
Dry heat
Unsaturated chemical vapor sterilizers
Cold sterilization
20. Who sets standards for temp of the autoclave/sterilization and disinfection
guidelines?: CDC
21. How does the autoclave sterilize instruments?: Uses heated-saturated steam under pres-
sure to inactivate or kill microorganisms via desaturation of macromolecules
22. What is the standard time/temp for autoclaving?: 121 degrees C (250 degrees F) with 15
PSI pressure for 15-20 min
23. Disinfection: Eliminates many or all pathogenic microorganisms, EXCEPT BACTERIAL SPORES
24. How long does every surface in the operatory need to stay after wiping it
down?: 3 min
25. What doesn't go in the ultrasonic?: Handpieces
26. Critical level of patient care items: Penetrate soft tissue or contact bone or the blood stream, and,
therefore must be heat sterilized
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27. Semicritical level of patient care items: Contact mucous membranes but do not penetrate soft
tissues, don't contact bone, and do not enter blood stream. Should be heat sterilized if heat tolerant
28. Noncritical level of patient care items: Only contact the skin and can be disinfected
29. Sequence for putting on PPE: Gown
Mask
Goggles
Gloves
30. Sequence for taking off PPE: Gloves
Goggles
Gown
Mask
31. HIPAA: Heath Information Portability and Accountability Act
Patient info is confidential
32. PPE: Personal protective equipment
33. OPIM: Other potentially infectious materials
34. When was HIPAA signed into law?: 1996
35. PHI: Protected health information
36. What is the part of HIPAA that is important for our purposes?: Those that deal with
protecting the privacy and security of health data (PHI)
37. Protected health information: Any information, including demographic information, that is trans-
mitted or maintained in any medium, that is created or received by a health care provider, health plan, or health
care clearinghouse that relates to or describes the past, present, or future physical or mental health condition of an
individual, or past, present, or future payment for the provision of healthcare to the individual, and that can be used to
identify that individual
38. Types of data protected by HIPAA: Written documents (all paper records, including labels from
meds and ID bracelets)
Spoken and verbal info
Electric databases and any electric information
Pics and digital images
39. Are photos HIPAA compliant if the eyes are covered?: No because full face photos are
PHI
There is no consensus on what constitutes an "identifiable" image
