Quiz

1. Almost all cases of transmission of hepatitis B and AIDS to health care workers have occurred through preventable accidents, such as needlestick injuries.

True | False

2. Hepatitis B can be transmitted to a health care worker through splashes of blood or other body fluids onto intact skin.

True | False

3. Client-to-client transmission of disease can occur through the use of contaminated surgical instruments, needles, syringes, and other equipment that have not been correctly processsed between uses.

True | False

4. Since it may not be possible to know whether a client is infected with a hepatitis virus or HIV, contaminated instruments, needles, syringes, and other items from all clients must be handled as though the client were infected.

True | False

5. The only purpose of infection prevention is to minimize infections during surgery.

True | False

6. Transmission of bloodborne infections from infected health care workers to their clients is a common problem.

True | False

7. Housekeeping staff are rarely at risk of infection, since they do not generally have direct contact with clients.

True | False

8. It is important to follow standard precautions only when a client is known to be infected with a dangerous viral infection such as HIV or hepatitis B.

True | False

9. Health care workers can get an infection:

1. When blood or other body fluids splash in the health care worker's eyes, nose, or mouth
2. When blood or other body fluids come in contact with non-intact skin due to rash, chapped skin, or an unhealed cut/scratch
3. From a needlestick injury
4. All of the above

10. The best way to prevent infections is:

1. Always wearing a mask
2. Following standard precautions
3. Avoiding health care services
4. Denying service to clients who might have an infection

11. Infections are most commonly spread in health care settings by the following mode of transmission:

1. Contact
2. Vehicle
3. Airborne
4. Vector

12. HIV can be transmitted by all of the following EXCEPT:

1. Insect bites
2. Unprotected vaginal intercourse
3. Breastfeeding
4. Blood transfusion
5. Use of contaminated syringes

13. Standard precautions include all of the following EXCEPT:

1. Preventing injuries with sharps
2. Processing contaminated instruments
3. Correctly processing instruments
4. Good record-keeping practices
5. Good waste-disposal practices