CBIC CIC Practice Exam with Complete Solutions

Medical intervention factors that affect risk of infection - ANSWER-indwelling devices, staffing ratio, lengths of stay, duration of invasive procedures, medications, # of exams by providers, type of institution, and knowledge/experience of providers environmental intervention factors that affect risk of infection - ANSWER-disinfectant type used, contact with animals, hand hygiene anatomical/phys factors that affect risk of infection - ANSWER-preexisting diseases, trauma, malignancies, age, gender, and nutritional status DMAIC - ANSWER-D=define customers, project boundaries, and processes M=measure performance A=analyze data to identify causes of variation, gaps in performance, and prioritize actions I=improve the process C=control the process to prevent reverting What should an effective surveillance program be able to provide? - ANSWER-Detection of infections and injuries, identify trends, identify risk factors associated with infections and other AEs detect outbreaks and clusters, assess the overall effectiveness of the infection control and prevention program and demonstrate changes in proactive and processes that lead to better outcomes Define point prevalence - ANSWER-number of persons ill on the date divided by the population on that date. Define attack rate - ANSWER-Number of people at risk in whom a certain illness develops / (divided by) / Total number of people at risk Define prevalence - ANSWER-fraction of a population having a specific disease at a given time Define incidence - ANSWER-number of new cases of a disease divided by the number of persons at risk for the disease. Type of specimen for C. diff - ANSWER-liquid stool is required When to suspect C. diff infection? - ANSWER-when 3 or more unformed/watery stool in 24 hrs occurs