HealthStream: PPE Exam with complete solutions

Wear gloves and a gown whenever you enter a patient's room if the patient is on: - Answer- Contact Precautions In the healthcare setting, gloves must be worn when there is a risk of exposure to blood or: - Answer- When working with a patient on Contact Precautions Airborne Precautions are used if a patient has an infection caused by: - Answer- Tuberculosis An employer must provide workers with PPE: - Answer- An employer must provide workers with PPE: A gown is most likely to be needed as PPE in: - Answer- An operating room If a healthcare worker has a sensitivity reaction to latex gloves: - Answer- The employer must provide latex-free gloves and other PPE. Providing and paying for a healthcare worker's PPE is the responsibility of: - Answer- The healthcare facility In a particular healthcare facility, employees launder their own scrubs. Choose the true statement about this healthcare facility: - Answer- Scrubs may NOT be used as PPE. In the healthcare setting, a surgical mask must be worn when there is a risk of exposure to splashes of blood or: - Answer- When working with a patient on Droplet Precautions When damaged or soiled PPE is removed after use: - Answer- The PPE should be placed in the proper bin for disposal or cleaning. An engineering control is: - Answer- A device or mechanism with built-in safety features that remove a hazard from the workplace A best practice for glove use is: - Answer- Wash hands before and after glove use. In a particular healthcare facility, scrubs are meant to be used as PPE. Choose the true statement about this facility: - Answer- The employer must provide scrubs. OSHA is: - Answer- The government agency that works to protect employees from job hazards