Infection Prevention & Control Competency Assessment for Non Clinical Staff

When I touch the patient without performing hand hygiene, the mode of transmission will be:

Direct contact

Airborne

Droplet

Indirect contact

Most healthcare-associated pathogens are transmitted from patient to patient via:

Insufficient hand hygiene practices by healthcare personnel

Improper isolation practices

Inadequate sterilization of medical instruments

Ineffective disinfection of medical devices

Coughing etiquette includes:

Covering your mouth when coughing

Washing your hands after coughing

Turn your head away from food/people when coughing

All of the above

Which of the following does not promote effective cleaning of hands?

Keeping finger nails short

Having nail polish

Rolling up long sleeves above elbow

Not wearing watches, bracelets and rings

Which practices are in place to promote employee health?

Pre-employment screening

Infection Prevention & Control Training and Mask fit

Annual free flu vaccination

All the above

When a patient has an orange sticker beside their name, what does it mean?

The patient is a toxin-producing Clostridium difficile patient

The patient is a multidrug resistant organism (e.g. MRSA/VRE) carrier and contact precautions should be carried out

The patient requires Droplet Precautions

The patient requires Airborne Infection Isolation Precautions

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