PHY - CH 4 - Infection Control

HAIs account for an estimated?

Approximately how many patients under mechanical ventilation develop pneumonia as a complication?

Approximately how many patients will die as a result of lung infection?

What is the PRIMARY source for infectious agents in a health care setting?

When a pathogen is transferred directly from one person to another, this transmission is called?

This is the most frequent mode of transmission in the health care environment which involves the transfer of pathogens through a contaminated intermediate object or person..

This form of transmission is generated by an infected individual that discharges large contaminated liquid droplets into the air by coughing, sneezing or talking

HICPAC states that we should wear a mask and stand how far away from the patient who is on droplet isolation..?

NIOSH approved of what mask to be prevent airborne transmission...?

What is chemoprophylaxis?

OSHA requires employers offer what?

Infection control procedures designed to remove environmental pathogens fall into two major categories which are?

Equipment processing involves what three things?

The three major approaches used to prevent the spread of infection in healthcare agencies are?

What is the first step in all equipment processing?

Electrical equipment should be disinfected using a ________ solution or the equivalent.

What solution should be used to disinfect the surfaces of the room of a patient who was infected with C. difficile?

What is the recommended solution to clean up blood spills?

What is the meaning autoclaving?

Which is the worse offender of nebulizers?

Ventilator circuitry poses the most significant contamination risk, particularly in systems using heated humidifier because?

There are four categories of expanded precautions which are?

What is cohorting?

What are the five key recommended components of an infection control program?