CDC Infection Preventionist Post EXAM COVARAGE - CDC Infection Preventionist
Test Post Test
Basics of infection prevention and control (IPC)
Chain of infection and modes of transmission
Standard and transmission-based precautions
Hand hygiene principles and compliance
Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) use and
selection
Environmental cleaning and disinfection
Sterilization and reprocessing of medical
equipment
Healthcare-associated infections (HAIs)
prevention strategies
Isolation procedures and patient placement
Surveillance methods and outbreak investigation
Antimicrobial stewardship principles
Occupational health and exposure management
Reporting requirements and public health
coordination
Education and training responsibilities of the
Infection Preventionist
,A resident is diagnosed with latent No, there is no risk of transmission at this time
TB infection (LTBI). Is there risk that
the resident will transmit TB to
others in the facility? Please select
the best answer.
After you have scored the infection Identify high-scoring items for IPC program
prevention and control (IPC) risk prioritization
assessment, which of the following
actions would you take first to
address the findings? Please select
the best answer.
As a result of lessons learned from A. Residents with difficulty containing secretions
outbreaks of multidrug-resistant from sites of MDRO colonization and potential
organisms (MDROs) in nursing for extensive environmental contamination
homes, which of the following B. New residents on the unit are found to be
situations should warrant use of colonized with the MDRO (evidence of ongoing
Contact Precautions and transmission) despite efforts to control spread
consideration of a single-person
room for MDRO-colonized
residents? Please select all that
apply.
, At what stage of an investigation Once an outbreak has been determined to exist
would you notify local or state
public health officials that you have
an outbreak? Please select the 3x
best answer
A nurse assistant is about to
perform perineal care on an
incontinent resident who wears
briefs. His supplies have already
been gathered and placed on the
clean bedside table. He enters the
room, dons non-sterile gloves,
removes and discards the resident's
soiled brief and cleans the
resident's perineum. He removes
his soiled gloves and dons a new
pair of non-sterile gloves. He
applies a clean brief. He discards
his gloves and exists the room.
How many times should he have
performed hand hygiene in this
scenario? Please select the best
answer.
Test Post Test
Basics of infection prevention and control (IPC)
Chain of infection and modes of transmission
Standard and transmission-based precautions
Hand hygiene principles and compliance
Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) use and
selection
Environmental cleaning and disinfection
Sterilization and reprocessing of medical
equipment
Healthcare-associated infections (HAIs)
prevention strategies
Isolation procedures and patient placement
Surveillance methods and outbreak investigation
Antimicrobial stewardship principles
Occupational health and exposure management
Reporting requirements and public health
coordination
Education and training responsibilities of the
Infection Preventionist
,A resident is diagnosed with latent No, there is no risk of transmission at this time
TB infection (LTBI). Is there risk that
the resident will transmit TB to
others in the facility? Please select
the best answer.
After you have scored the infection Identify high-scoring items for IPC program
prevention and control (IPC) risk prioritization
assessment, which of the following
actions would you take first to
address the findings? Please select
the best answer.
As a result of lessons learned from A. Residents with difficulty containing secretions
outbreaks of multidrug-resistant from sites of MDRO colonization and potential
organisms (MDROs) in nursing for extensive environmental contamination
homes, which of the following B. New residents on the unit are found to be
situations should warrant use of colonized with the MDRO (evidence of ongoing
Contact Precautions and transmission) despite efforts to control spread
consideration of a single-person
room for MDRO-colonized
residents? Please select all that
apply.
, At what stage of an investigation Once an outbreak has been determined to exist
would you notify local or state
public health officials that you have
an outbreak? Please select the 3x
best answer
A nurse assistant is about to
perform perineal care on an
incontinent resident who wears
briefs. His supplies have already
been gathered and placed on the
clean bedside table. He enters the
room, dons non-sterile gloves,
removes and discards the resident's
soiled brief and cleans the
resident's perineum. He removes
his soiled gloves and dons a new
pair of non-sterile gloves. He
applies a clean brief. He discards
his gloves and exists the room.
How many times should he have
performed hand hygiene in this
scenario? Please select the best
answer.
