Annual Competency Exam (A+ Graded)

List three blood borne pathogens correct answers HIV Hepatitis B Hepatitis C What is hepatitis? correct answers Inflammation of the liver How is hep a transmitted? correct answers Contaminated food and oral-fecal route How is hep B and C transmitted? correct answers Exposure to blood and body fluids of an infected person How long can hep b live on surfaces for? correct answers Seven days When caring for HBV patients staff should NOT correct answers Take care of hepatitis susceptible patients on the same shift at the same time Why do we dialyze hep c in the clinical area and not in isolation? correct answers Not as contagious as hep B What blood test indicates infection with Hep B? correct answers HbsAg Indicates viral presence Tests for the antigen What blood test indicates immunity against hep b? correct answers HbsAb Indicates presence of immunity What vaccine provides long term immunity to hep b? correct answers Recombivax Engerix S/S of TB correct answers Night sweats Productive, persistent cought Unexplained weight loss Chills Fever Blood tinged sputum How is TB spread? correct answers Droplet What can live outside of the body for seven days? How are they spread? correct answers MRSA VRE Spread through contaminated hands of health care workers What assures that MRSA patients are no longer actively infected? correct answers Three consecutive cultures come back negative