INFECTION PREVENTION QUIZ WITH
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
work, improve - Correct Answers -in healthcare, people need to do ___ and ___ on it.
Healthcare Associated Infections - Correct Answers -Definition: Infectious events which
occur in
hospitalized patients or result from being
hospitalized and/or having contact with the
healthcare system.
48 hours (symptoms not present until after discharge) - Correct Answers -incubation
period for healthcare associated infections
healthcare associated infections - Correct Answers -These infections are not present or
incubating at admission. The symptoms start later.
healthcare associated infections - Correct Answers -about 2-10% of patients within the
hospital develop ___ ___ ____
2-10% - Correct Answers -what percent of patient develop HAI?
90,000, 30 - Correct Answers -Up to _____ deaths/year are due to HAI, which can
amount to costs of at least ___ billion a year since these tend to increase length of stay
and hospitals are not reimbursed for treatment of HAIs in 75% of the casts.
HAIs - Correct Answers -90% of ____ are of bacterial etiology, which include viruses,
fungi, and parasites.
urinary tract, surgical site (42%, 24%) - Correct Answers -the most common location of
HAIs are where? What is second?
urinary tract, surgical site infection - Correct Answers -most common place of
healthcare associated infections? Most costly place of healthcare associated infections?
Ventilator associated pneumonia (VAP) - Correct Answers -what has the highest
mortality when it comes to healthcare associated infections (Specific disease)
, catheter related blood stream infection (BSI) - Correct Answers -what is the most
preventable healthcare associated infections?
(Organism Virulence x Organism Number)/(Host Defense) - Correct Answers -Disease
= (formula)?
antibiotics, processes of care, cross transmission - Correct Answers -Patients get HAIs
because of various factors such as age, malnutrition, immune system, underlying
conditions, lifestyle factors, etc. Three other big reasons can be because of _____,
which predispose the patient to multi-drug resistant organisms. ___ __ ___ can be
another - where a caretaker does not get clean properly. And lastly, there can be ___
____ of hospital flora via the people within the hospital.
source, mode of transmission, susceptible host - Correct Answers -chain of
transmission involves a _____, a ___ of ___, and a _____ ___.
source, mode of transmission, susceptible host - Correct Answers -chain of
transmission involves a _____ (where the organism resides), a ___ of ___ (how the
organism gets from point A to B), and a _____ ___ (person who is capable of getting
organism and playing host).
ill, infectious disease - Correct Answers -one source of infection of HAI is healthcare
personnel, and for that reason, do not have contact with patients if you are ____ with an
___ ____
fever, infection - Correct Answers -an infectious illness includes the ____, or when you
have signs of an active ___, which includes coughing, sneezing, runny nose, sore
throat, diarrhea, vomiting, rash with fever.
coughing, sneezing, runny nose, sore throat, diarrhea, vomiting, rash with fever -
Correct Answers -name at least four signs of an infectious disease
coughing, sneezing, runny nose, sore throat, diarrhea, vomiting, rash with fever -
Correct Answers -name at least four signs of an infectious disease
hand hygiene - Correct Answers -___ ___ is the cornerstone of infection prevention
measures and precautions.
hand hygiene - Correct Answers -Single most important behavior in
preventing transmission of organisms to
patients as well as protecting oneself.
Semmelweis (Ignaz Semmelweis, 1815-1865) - Correct Answers -____ was responsible
for hypothesizing, based on studies at Vienna in 1800s, that the reason one clinic had
higher mortality was because people went direct from the autopsy to ward.
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
work, improve - Correct Answers -in healthcare, people need to do ___ and ___ on it.
Healthcare Associated Infections - Correct Answers -Definition: Infectious events which
occur in
hospitalized patients or result from being
hospitalized and/or having contact with the
healthcare system.
48 hours (symptoms not present until after discharge) - Correct Answers -incubation
period for healthcare associated infections
healthcare associated infections - Correct Answers -These infections are not present or
incubating at admission. The symptoms start later.
healthcare associated infections - Correct Answers -about 2-10% of patients within the
hospital develop ___ ___ ____
2-10% - Correct Answers -what percent of patient develop HAI?
90,000, 30 - Correct Answers -Up to _____ deaths/year are due to HAI, which can
amount to costs of at least ___ billion a year since these tend to increase length of stay
and hospitals are not reimbursed for treatment of HAIs in 75% of the casts.
HAIs - Correct Answers -90% of ____ are of bacterial etiology, which include viruses,
fungi, and parasites.
urinary tract, surgical site (42%, 24%) - Correct Answers -the most common location of
HAIs are where? What is second?
urinary tract, surgical site infection - Correct Answers -most common place of
healthcare associated infections? Most costly place of healthcare associated infections?
Ventilator associated pneumonia (VAP) - Correct Answers -what has the highest
mortality when it comes to healthcare associated infections (Specific disease)
, catheter related blood stream infection (BSI) - Correct Answers -what is the most
preventable healthcare associated infections?
(Organism Virulence x Organism Number)/(Host Defense) - Correct Answers -Disease
= (formula)?
antibiotics, processes of care, cross transmission - Correct Answers -Patients get HAIs
because of various factors such as age, malnutrition, immune system, underlying
conditions, lifestyle factors, etc. Three other big reasons can be because of _____,
which predispose the patient to multi-drug resistant organisms. ___ __ ___ can be
another - where a caretaker does not get clean properly. And lastly, there can be ___
____ of hospital flora via the people within the hospital.
source, mode of transmission, susceptible host - Correct Answers -chain of
transmission involves a _____, a ___ of ___, and a _____ ___.
source, mode of transmission, susceptible host - Correct Answers -chain of
transmission involves a _____ (where the organism resides), a ___ of ___ (how the
organism gets from point A to B), and a _____ ___ (person who is capable of getting
organism and playing host).
ill, infectious disease - Correct Answers -one source of infection of HAI is healthcare
personnel, and for that reason, do not have contact with patients if you are ____ with an
___ ____
fever, infection - Correct Answers -an infectious illness includes the ____, or when you
have signs of an active ___, which includes coughing, sneezing, runny nose, sore
throat, diarrhea, vomiting, rash with fever.
coughing, sneezing, runny nose, sore throat, diarrhea, vomiting, rash with fever -
Correct Answers -name at least four signs of an infectious disease
coughing, sneezing, runny nose, sore throat, diarrhea, vomiting, rash with fever -
Correct Answers -name at least four signs of an infectious disease
hand hygiene - Correct Answers -___ ___ is the cornerstone of infection prevention
measures and precautions.
hand hygiene - Correct Answers -Single most important behavior in
preventing transmission of organisms to
patients as well as protecting oneself.
Semmelweis (Ignaz Semmelweis, 1815-1865) - Correct Answers -____ was responsible
for hypothesizing, based on studies at Vienna in 1800s, that the reason one clinic had
higher mortality was because people went direct from the autopsy to ward.
