Standard and Transmission Precautions

If you need to protect your respiratory tract from airborne infectious agents, you'd wear a:

• Surgical mask

• N95 respirator

• A handkerchief

• Just hold your breath

Standard precautions ask that you assume that infectious agents could be present in which of the following: (mark all that apply)

• Blood

• Body fluids and secretions

• Non-Intact Skin

• Mucous Membranes

• None of the above

Which of the following is NOT utilized in airborne precautions

• Face shield

• N95 Respirator

• Handwashing

• Disinfect all surfaces

What should we be using with all patients, all of the time?

• Contact Isolation
• Transmission-based Precautions
• Droplet Isolation
• Standard Precautions

When your hands are visibly soiled, you should: 

• Put on gloves immediately
• Clean hands with hospital provided hand sanitizer
• Wash your hands with soap and water
• Report the exposure to your supervisor

Hand washing is a ________.

• Standard Precaution
• Transmission-based Precaution

A handshake is a form of _________ transmission. 

• Direct Contact
• Indirect Contact
• Airborne
• Oral 

The single most important thing the NA can do to prevent the spread of disease is to

• Carry dirty linen close to her uniform so as not to spread contaminants
• Wash and dry her disposable gloves before reusing them
• Remove gloves before cleaning spills
• Wash her hands

Which of the following describes an infection that is not present when a patient is admitted to a healthcare facility but develops during an admission to the facility?

• opportunistic infection

• bacterial infection

• viral infection

• healthcare-associated infection

How should dirty laundry be handled according to standard precautions?

• It can be carried through the hallway, in the arms of a healthcare worker.

• It must be transported in a plastic bag or linen cart.

• It must be left in the patient's room until he is dismissed from the facility.

• It must be burned.