Foundations Infection Control Quiz

Name

Microbes like warm, moist, environments to grow.

• True
• False

When something is contaminated, it is free from all organisms and pathogens.

• True
• False

You can use hand sanitizer to kill organisms after checking a patient's vital signs?

• True
• False

You should rub your hands with soap and water for at least 20 seconds when washing your hands.

• True
• False

When your hands are visibly soiled, you may use hand sanitizer or wash your hands

• True
• False

There are two important factors healthcare workers should understand about infections

• Ways the infection can be transmitted and ways we can infect other patients
• Ways the infection chain can be broken and ways it can be transmitted
• How we can make vaccines and how to break the chain of infection
• How we can stop the infection and how we can improve patient's health

What is an example of PPE?

• Gloves
• Gown
• Goggles
• All of the above

Pathogen transmission may occur through

• Coughing
• Vomitting
• Insect bite
• All of the above

_________ are more difficult to kill because they are resistant to most disinfectants and are not affected by antibiotics.

• Virus
• Fungi
• Rickettsiae
• Nosocomial infection