Standard Precautions for Infection Control Quiz

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What are Standard (Universal) Precautions designed to protect workers from?

Exposure to foodborne illnesses

Exposure to diseases spread by blood and other body fluids (correct)

Exposure to airborne diseases

Exposure to radiation

According to the Standard Precaution Rule, how should human blood and bodily fluids be treated?

As materials with unknown properties

As if they are infectious (correct)

As non-transmissible materials

As harmless substances

Why does the concept of Standard Health Precautions emphasize that all patients should be treated as though they have potential blood-borne infections?

To protect health care workers from potential infections (correct)

To increase the use of medical supplies

To create unnecessary fear among patients

To make patients feel more important

What is the most common mode of exposure to blood-borne pathogens?

Needle stick injuries Signup and view all the answers

How can contamination occur with clothes soaked by blood?

Through direct contact with the skin Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following human materials/tissues are considered highly infectious?

Blood Signup and view all the answers

What is the estimated risk of transmission from a person infected with Hepatitis C positive to a healthcare worker (HCW) post exposure?

1 in 300 Signup and view all the answers

What should be used to clean spills of blood and body fluids?

$10=1 volume+9$ water and sodium hypochlorite Signup and view all the answers

When should gloves be changed in a healthcare setting?

After handling items potentially contaminated Signup and view all the answers

What is the most common mode of transmission of pathogens?

Contact Signup and view all the answers

Standard Precautions for Infection Control Quiz

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What are Standard (Universal) Precautions designed to protect workers from?

According to the Standard Precaution Rule, how should human blood and bodily fluids be treated?

Why does the concept of Standard Health Precautions emphasize that all patients should be treated as though they have potential blood-borne infections?

What is the most common mode of exposure to blood-borne pathogens?

How can contamination occur with clothes soaked by blood?

Which of the following human materials/tissues are considered highly infectious?

What is the estimated risk of transmission from a person infected with Hepatitis C positive to a healthcare worker (HCW) post exposure?

What should be used to clean spills of blood and body fluids?

When should gloves be changed in a healthcare setting?

What is the most common mode of transmission of pathogens?

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