Prevention and Control Exam Question
And Answers 2024
Infections acquired in health care settings during the
delivery of medical care - correct answers✅Healthcare-
associated infection
Occurs when pathogens invade the body and multiple -
correct answers✅Infection
Methods practiced in healthcare facilities to prevent and
control the spread of disease - correct
answers✅Infection prevention
An infection that is limited to a specific location in the
body - correct answers✅Localized infection
A living thing that is only visible under a microscope -
correct answers✅Microorganism/microbe
A harmful microorganism - correct answers✅Pathogen
An infection that is in the bloodstream and has spread
throughout the body - correct answers✅Systemic
infection
,Chapter 5 workbook-Infection
Prevention and Control Exam Question
And Answers 2024
Which link from the chain of infection is broken by
wearing gloves, thus preventing the spread of disease -
correct answers✅Mode of transmission (a way for the
disease to spread)
The following are necessary links in the chain of infection.
By getting a vaccination shot for hepatitis B, which link
will a person affect to prevent him from getting this
disease? - correct answers✅Susceptible host (person
who is likely to get the disease)
Which of the following is the primary route of disease
transmission within healthcare settings? - correct
answers✅The hands of healthcare workers
In what type of environment do microorganisms grow
best? - correct answers✅In a warm, moist place
True or False?
Following Standard Precautions means treating all blood,
body fluids, non-intact skin, and mucous membranes as if
they were infected - correct answers✅True
True or False?
, Chapter 5 workbook-Infection
Prevention and Control Exam Question
And Answers 2024
Under Standard Precautions, body fluids do not include
saliva - correct answers✅False
True or False?
A nursing assistant can usually tell if someone is
infectious just by looking at him - correct
answers✅False
True or False?
A nursing assistant should wash her hands before
donning (putting on) gloves - correct answers✅True
True or False?
A nursing assistant should carefully recap used syringes
before putting them in a container - correct
answers✅False
True or False?
Giving mouth care is one task that requires a nursing
assistant to wear gloves - correct answers✅True
True or False?