Infection Prevention and Control Week
Quiz questions and answers*
(* The correct answers are in bold – there may be more than one correct answer)
Question
1. A worker has just been exposed to blood whilst attending
an emergency situation where gloves where not available.
What’s the best product to perform hand hygiene here?
2. A worker is about to terminally clean a room. In assessing
the risks of contact with infectious substances what
Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) would you
recommend?
3. A healthcare worker (HCW) is about to examine a patient
who is diagnosed with Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV). In
assessing the risk of splashing of body substances, what
PPE would you recommend?
4. In what order should PPE be put on?
5. In what order should PPE be taken off?
6. When should you use soap and water instead of alcoholbased hand rub?
7. What is the first step for performing a correct hand wash?
Answer
a.
b.
c.
Soap and water and, then alcohol-based
hand rub (ABHR)
Soap and water
Alcohol-based hand rub (ABHR)
a.
b.
c.
Gown
Eyewear
Gloves
a.
b.
c.
d.
Particulate filter respiratory (P2/N95
mask)
Surgical mask
Face shield / Protective Eyewear
Gloves
a.
b.
c.
d.
Mask, gown, gloves, eyewear
Gown, mask, eyewear, gloves
Gloves, eyewear, mask, gown
Eyewear, mask, gown, gloves
a.
b.
c.
d.
Mask, gown, eyewear, gloves
Gown, gloves, mask, eyewear
Eyewear, gloves, mask, gown
Gloves, gown, eyewear, mask
a.
b.
c.
d.
On the weekends
Before putting on gloves
If your hands are visibly soiled
Before touching a patient
a.
Wet hands with water before applying
soap product
Apply soap product then wet hands
Use alcohol-based hand rub
Wipe hands on trousers
b.
c.
d.
Infection Prevention and Control Week Quiz questions and answers
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Infection Prevention and Control Week
Quiz questions and answers*
(* The correct answers are in bold – there may be more than one correct answer)
8. Which one of the following bacteria can often be found as a
part of the normal flora of the skin or groin, and can also
cause post-operative infections?
9. When should an occupational exposure be reported?
a.
b.
c.
d.
Streptococcus salivarius
Staphylococcus aureus
Clostridium perfingens
Enterococcus faecium
a.
b.
At the end of the shift
No need to report the occupational
exposure
As soon as it occurs
By the end of the week
c.
d.
a.
b.
10. A clerical staff member has found a syringe lying in a public
area. What is the correct procedure here?
c.
Throw it into the general waste container
Advise a staff member trained in
sharps management who can pick up
the syringe safely, and discard it in a
sharps container
Leave it where it is and do nothing
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