CDC Infection Preventionist EXAM COVERAGE
Post Test
Principles of Infection Prevention and
Control
Hand Hygiene and Personal Protective
Equipment (PPE)
Standard and Transmission-Based
Precautions
Environmental Cleaning and Disinfection
Sterilization and Medical Device
Reprocessing
Surveillance, Reporting, and Infection Data
Analysis
Outbreak Investigation and Containment
Antimicrobial Stewardship Principles
Employee Health and Immunization
,Programs
Regulatory Requirements and Guidelines
(CDC, OSHA, Joint Commission)
Risk Assessment and Prevention Strategies
Education and Training of Healthcare
Personnel
Emerging Infectious Diseases and Best
Practices
Documentation, Policies, and Procedure
Compliance
Safety Culture and Continuous Quality
Improvement
,A resident is diagnosed with No, there is no risk of transmission at this
latent TB infection (LTBI). Is time
there risk that the resident will
transmit TB to others in the
facility? Please select the best
answer.
After you have scored the Identify high-scoring items for IPC program
infection prevention and control prioritization
(IPC) risk assessment, which of
the following actions would you
take first to address the
findings? Please select the best
answer.
, As a result of lessons learned A. Residents with difficulty containing
from outbreaks of multidrug- secretions from sites of MDRO colonization
resistant organisms (MDROs) in and potential for extensive environmental
nursing homes, which of the contamination
following situations should B. New residents on the unit are found to be
warrant use of Contact colonized with the MDRO (evidence of
Precautions and consideration ongoing transmission) despite efforts to
of a single-person room for control spread
MDRO-colonized residents?
Please select all that apply.
At what stage of an Once an outbreak has been determined to
investigation would you notify exist
local or state public health
officials that you have an
outbreak? Please select the
best answer
Post Test
Principles of Infection Prevention and
Control
Hand Hygiene and Personal Protective
Equipment (PPE)
Standard and Transmission-Based
Precautions
Environmental Cleaning and Disinfection
Sterilization and Medical Device
Reprocessing
Surveillance, Reporting, and Infection Data
Analysis
Outbreak Investigation and Containment
Antimicrobial Stewardship Principles
Employee Health and Immunization
,Programs
Regulatory Requirements and Guidelines
(CDC, OSHA, Joint Commission)
Risk Assessment and Prevention Strategies
Education and Training of Healthcare
Personnel
Emerging Infectious Diseases and Best
Practices
Documentation, Policies, and Procedure
Compliance
Safety Culture and Continuous Quality
Improvement
,A resident is diagnosed with No, there is no risk of transmission at this
latent TB infection (LTBI). Is time
there risk that the resident will
transmit TB to others in the
facility? Please select the best
answer.
After you have scored the Identify high-scoring items for IPC program
infection prevention and control prioritization
(IPC) risk assessment, which of
the following actions would you
take first to address the
findings? Please select the best
answer.
, As a result of lessons learned A. Residents with difficulty containing
from outbreaks of multidrug- secretions from sites of MDRO colonization
resistant organisms (MDROs) in and potential for extensive environmental
nursing homes, which of the contamination
following situations should B. New residents on the unit are found to be
warrant use of Contact colonized with the MDRO (evidence of
Precautions and consideration ongoing transmission) despite efforts to
of a single-person room for control spread
MDRO-colonized residents?
Please select all that apply.
At what stage of an Once an outbreak has been determined to
investigation would you notify exist
local or state public health
officials that you have an
outbreak? Please select the
best answer
