NHA PCT: Infection Control Exam
Questions With 100% Verified Answers
immunocompromised -
correct answer ✅having an immune system incapable of
responding normally and completely to a pathogen or disease
Asepsis -
correct answer ✅absence of significant contamination
medical asepsis -
correct answer ✅practices designed to reduce the number and
transfer of pathogens; synonym for clean technique
surgical asepsis -
correct answer ✅techniques used to destroy all pathogenic
organisms, also called sterile technique
what is medical asepsis aka? -
correct answer ✅clean technique
When to perform hand hygiene -
correct answer ✅- before caring for patient
- after contact with bodily fluids
- before and after patient procedures, eating and using the br
,NHA PCT: Infection Control Exam
Questions With 100% Verified Answers
When hands are not visibly soiled -
correct answer ✅use alcohol based hand rub, 60%
surgical asepsis guidelines (sterile technique) -
correct answer ✅~sterile object must only touch sterile objects
~nonsterile object must only touch nonsterile objects
~if there is doubt about the sterility of an object, it is consiered
contaminated
~ only use essential staff when doing a sterile procedure
~sterile persons should not lean over a nonsterile area
~ the gown of a sterile person is considered sterile waist up on the
front
~ never leave a sterile field unattended
~ a sterile field that has been exposed to open air for a considerable
amount of time is contaminated
~ the edges of a contaminated field and anything below waist level
are considered contaminated
, NHA PCT: Infection Control Exam
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Steps for opening sterile packaging: -
correct answer ✅1 gather all supplies, check expiration dates, and
determine the integrity of the packaging
2 place the package on the work surface
3 gently use fingertips to open the outer folded edge
4 open the flap away from your body by extending your arm as far
away from the package as possible
5 using your fingertips, grasp the outside surface of one of the side
flaps
6 gently do the same with the opposite side flap
7 pull the last flap toward you
cough etiquette -
correct answer ✅Cover your nose/mouth with a tissue when you
cough, and promptly dispose of the contaminated tissue.
Place a surgical mask on a patient if it does not compromise
respiratory function or is applicable; this may not be feasible in
pediatric populations.
Perform hand hygiene after contact with contaminated respiratory
secretions
Maintain spatial separation greater than 3 feet (0.9 meters) from
persons with respiratory infection
Questions With 100% Verified Answers
immunocompromised -
correct answer ✅having an immune system incapable of
responding normally and completely to a pathogen or disease
Asepsis -
correct answer ✅absence of significant contamination
medical asepsis -
correct answer ✅practices designed to reduce the number and
transfer of pathogens; synonym for clean technique
surgical asepsis -
correct answer ✅techniques used to destroy all pathogenic
organisms, also called sterile technique
what is medical asepsis aka? -
correct answer ✅clean technique
When to perform hand hygiene -
correct answer ✅- before caring for patient
- after contact with bodily fluids
- before and after patient procedures, eating and using the br
,NHA PCT: Infection Control Exam
Questions With 100% Verified Answers
When hands are not visibly soiled -
correct answer ✅use alcohol based hand rub, 60%
surgical asepsis guidelines (sterile technique) -
correct answer ✅~sterile object must only touch sterile objects
~nonsterile object must only touch nonsterile objects
~if there is doubt about the sterility of an object, it is consiered
contaminated
~ only use essential staff when doing a sterile procedure
~sterile persons should not lean over a nonsterile area
~ the gown of a sterile person is considered sterile waist up on the
front
~ never leave a sterile field unattended
~ a sterile field that has been exposed to open air for a considerable
amount of time is contaminated
~ the edges of a contaminated field and anything below waist level
are considered contaminated
, NHA PCT: Infection Control Exam
Questions With 100% Verified Answers
Steps for opening sterile packaging: -
correct answer ✅1 gather all supplies, check expiration dates, and
determine the integrity of the packaging
2 place the package on the work surface
3 gently use fingertips to open the outer folded edge
4 open the flap away from your body by extending your arm as far
away from the package as possible
5 using your fingertips, grasp the outside surface of one of the side
flaps
6 gently do the same with the opposite side flap
7 pull the last flap toward you
cough etiquette -
correct answer ✅Cover your nose/mouth with a tissue when you
cough, and promptly dispose of the contaminated tissue.
Place a surgical mask on a patient if it does not compromise
respiratory function or is applicable; this may not be feasible in
pediatric populations.
Perform hand hygiene after contact with contaminated respiratory
secretions
Maintain spatial separation greater than 3 feet (0.9 meters) from
persons with respiratory infection
