Medical Asepsis and Infection Prevention

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What is the primary strategy for prevention of infection transmission mentioned in the text?

Antibiotic therapy

Vaccination

Standard precautions (correct)

Herbal remedies

Which of the following is an element of the chain of infection according to the text?

Age of the patient

Color of the hospital walls

Reservoir for pathogen growth (correct)

Type of surgical equipment used

What does hand hygiene help prevent according to the text?

Pain after surgery

Transmission of infection (correct)

Medical bills

Loss of appetite

What should be used in hand hygiene according to the text?

Alcohol-based products Signup and view all the answers

What are health care-associated infections (HAIs) according to the text?

Infections from the delivery of health care that were not present at the time of admission Signup and view all the answers

What determines the decision to perform hand hygiene according to the text?

The intensity or degree of contact with patients or contaminated objects Signup and view all the answers

What are the elements of the chain of infection according to the text?

An infectious agent or pathogen, a reservoir for pathogen growth, a portal of exit from the reservoir, a mode of transmission, a portal of entry to the host, and a susceptible host Signup and view all the answers

What should be assessed for each task you plan according to the text?

The need for personal protective equipment (PPE) Signup and view all the answers

What is essential to the prevention and spread of infection according to the text?

Hand hygiene Signup and view all the answers

What are standard precautions?

Primary strategies for prevention of infection transmission Signup and view all the answers

Medical Asepsis and Infection Prevention

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What is the primary strategy for prevention of infection transmission mentioned in the text?

Which of the following is an element of the chain of infection according to the text?

What does hand hygiene help prevent according to the text?

What should be used in hand hygiene according to the text?

What are health care-associated infections (HAIs) according to the text?

What determines the decision to perform hand hygiene according to the text?

What are the elements of the chain of infection according to the text?

What should be assessed for each task you plan according to the text?

What is essential to the prevention and spread of infection according to the text?

What are standard precautions?

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